While everyone euphoric from this #bitcoin pump, now would be a good time to submit your comments to FinCEN regarding the proposed totalitarian surveillance rule that was just published.
**Comments are due by January 22, 2024.**
PLEASE REPLY TO THIS NOTE and add the text of comments you submit for others to utilize in their submissions.
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Comments must be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal E-rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2023–0016 in the submission.
Mail:
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2023–0016 in the submission.
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Here is the FinCen “Proposal of Special Measure Regarding Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing, as a Class of Transactions of Primary Money Laundering Concern” which was added to the Federal Registrar today:
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Here is some info on global money laundering that may be helpful:
https://withpersona.com/blog/the-most-mind-blowing-money-laundering-statistics-of-2022
PLEASE ADD ANY OTHER LINKS, IDEAS, COMMENTS THAT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR OTHERS TO UTILIZE ⬇️
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FinCEN Seeks to Impose Strict Surveillance Requirements onto Broadly Defined 'Bitcoin Mixers'
The agency proposed designating 'crypto mixing' as an area of “primary money laundering concern" in order to impose certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements on involved transactions. The public will have 90 days to comment.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fincen-wants-to-outlaw-certain-bitcoin-on-chain-transactions/
