On April 8, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s (“Treasury“) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN“) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) issued a joint proposed rule (“Proposed Rule“) to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (“GENIUS Act“). The Proposed Rule implements the GENIUS Act’s anti-money laundering (“AML“) and sanctions compliance program requirements and encourages innovation in payment stablecoins while providing a regulatory regime to mitigate potential illicit…
On May 9, 2019, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance on the application of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations, specifically those regulations applicable to money services businesses (MSBs), to certain business models involving the transmission of convertible virtual currencies (CVCs) (the “Guidance”). The Guidance follows previous interpretive guidance issued by FinCEN in 2013 relating to transactions involving the acceptance of currency or funds and the transmission of CVC. Also on May 9,…