On February 4, 2022, the U.S. Treasury released a report on money laundering in the art market stating that NFT platforms may be considered virtual asset service providers by the Financial Action Task Force and may come under FinCEN’s regulations.

In recent remarks, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce forecasted that the SEC will regulate cryptocurrency through enforcement in 2022 rather than creating new rules or adjusting existing rules to accommodate digital assets.

The paper “summarizes the current state of the domestic payments system..." and solicits comments from the public.

On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report to the public summarizing its findings on the use of virtual currencies to facilitate human and drug trafficking.  These findings were based on a review of federal agency records and interviews with federal officials from a number of agencies.

Steve Gannon, James Goldfarb, and Matthew Comstock of our FinTech & Blockchain Practice authored an article about digital asset regulation in the United States for the US-Israel Legal Review 2021. Read the full article here.

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