A group of U.S. Senators has proposed legislation aimed at sanctioning foreign entities that facilitate financial transactions, including digital asset transactions, with Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) designated by the U.S. The bill, titled the Terrorism Financing Prevention Act, seeks to expand the Treasury Department’s resources and authority to counteract emerging threats from digital assets and hold foreign financial institutions, including crypto firms, accountable for their relations with FTOs.
The proposed legislation outlines measures to prevent FTOs from accessing U.S. financial institutions and digital asset systems. These include identifying foreign financial institutions and digital asset facilitators that have knowingly conducted significant transactions with FTOs or related parties and imposing sanctions, such as restricting the use of U.S. correspondent bank accounts or barring digital asset transactions with U.S. persons.
Congress is actively considering several bills aimed at regulating the cryptocurrency and digital asset market. One proposal, the Financial Innovation and Technology (FIT) for the 21st Century Act, seeks to redefine the regulatory boundaries for digital assets by categorizing them based on blockchain technology. Another major initiative, the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, proposes to maintain the application of the Howey test to digital assets, delineating the oversight roles of the SEC and CFTC in the digital asset market.
Other bills include the Digital Asset AML Act, which focuses on extending Anti-Money Laundering provisions to cryptocurrencies, and the Financial Technology Protection Act, which establishes a group to combat terrorism and illicit financing using financial technologies, including digital assets.
These legislative efforts reflect a growing concern among lawmakers about the need for a comprehensive framework to govern digital currencies and related activities. While these bills indicate a concerted effort in Congress to establish clear guidelines and oversight mechanisms for the digital asset industry, they still have a long way to go before becoming law.
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| Information | Details |
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| Geography | North America |
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| Sentiment | neutral |
| Relevance Score | 1 |
| People | Mike Rounds, Jack Reed, Mark R. Warner, Elizabeth Warren, Mitt Romney |
| Companies | Hamas, CFTC, SEC, Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), Treasury Department, U.S. Senators, Bank Secrecy Act |
| Currencies | None |
| Securities | None |
