Anti-Money Laundering Act Expands Regulation of Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Assets

We previously wrote about the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the “NDAA”), which became law on January 1, 2021. The NDAA includes the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (the “AML Act”), which in turn contains significant changes to the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and other anti-money laundering (“AML”) laws. The BSA, enacted in 1970, requires financial institutions to assist the federal government in detecting and preventing money laundering and terrorism financing by...
By: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

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