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[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🌍 𝗗𝗲𝗙𝗶 𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟬

⚖️ Sudden closure raises compliance concerns as global DeFi regulation tightens.

✅ Withdraw all assets before July 27 to avoid loss of.

#DeFi #Compliance

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇰🇷 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗫 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀.

⚖️ Institutional ownership brings higher compliance standards and may.

✅ Review service terms and fee structures for.

#CryptoCompliance #SouthKorea

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇰🇷 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟵 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻.

⚖️ South Korean FIU enforces registration rules for exchanges serving.

✅ Affected exchanges should verify app status and.

#CryptoCompliance #SouthKorea

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇺🇸 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼.

⚖️ Bipartisan criticism signals legislative hurdles but.

✅ Exchanges should prepare KYC enhancements.

#CryptoRegulation #CLARITYAct

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🌍 𝗧𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲 ~$𝟮𝟴𝗸 𝗨𝗦𝗗𝗧 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡.

⚖️ High-value freezes indicate issuer enforcement tied to sanctions or illicit.

✅ Screen these addresses against sanctions lists and.

#Stablecoin #Compliance

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇺🇸 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

⚖️ Novel state-level compliance risk linking trading to voting rights.

✅ Review geofencing and terms for Wisconsin users

#PredictionMarkets #VotingRights

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇺🇸 𝗨𝗦 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗜.

⚖️ If enacted, it gives government unprecedented authority to halt AI.

✅ Assess AI agent autonomy and safety controls.

#AIAgents #CryptoRegulation

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

That’s a good way to put it. I’d just add that if the “car” has passed through a restricted area, it may also face additional checks later. We’ve already seen cases where transfers originating from HTX triggered additional compliance reviews after the UK designation of Huobi Global S.A.

So in practice, both the wallet and the route the funds have travelled through can matter.

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

📰Crypto sanctions are shifting from blocking addresses to blocking infrastructure.

A common assumption in crypto compliance has been fairly simple: If my wallet is not sanctioned — and my funds have not directly interacted with sanctioned addresses — I should be fine.

The EU’s 21st sanctions package against Russia is challenging that assumption. 🇪🇺

Beyond adding 48 individuals and 170 entities, the measures extend restrictions deeper into the financial and crypto infrastructure facilitating Russian transactions, including 14 crypto-related operators in third countries.

But the important part isn’t the number “14.” It’s the change in regulatory logic.

Historically, crypto sanctions screening has largely focused on identifying “bad addresses”:
Is this wallet sanctioned?
Did it interact with a hacker?
Was it exposed to darknet activity?
That model is becoming insufficient. Regulators are increasingly looking at the entire infrastructure through which funds move.

A USDT transaction does not carry a criminal identity by itself. Risk comes from its provenance and transaction context:
Address ➡️ Counterparty ➡️ Platform ➡️ Transaction Path ➡️ Ultimate Beneficiary

🔍 This creates a very practical problem.

Your wallet may never appear on a sanctions list. But if your funds passed through a crypto platform, OTC desk, payment provider or other intermediary identified as facilitating sanctions evasion, that exposure can potentially propagate through the transaction chain.

This is why simple sanctions-address screening may increasingly be insufficient for exchanges.

The broader shift in crypto AML is:
From identifying “bad actors” → to identifying the infrastructure that enables sanctioned capital to move.

🟡 For exchanges, OTC desks and stablecoin payment providers, this means sanctions compliance increasingly needs to incorporate platform-level risk, counterparty exposure and transaction-path analysis.

🟡 For crypto holders, the question may no longer simply be: “Are these coins clean?”
The better question is: “How did these funds get here?”

That may be the more important signal coming from the EU’s latest Russia sanctions — and from recent UK sanctions actions as well.

Crypto sanctions enforcement is moving up the stack: from wallets, to counterparties, to platforms, and ultimately to financial infrastructure.

#CryptoAlert #aml #Sanctions #Compliance #Stablecoins

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🌍 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗗𝗧 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟯

⚖️ Substantial frozen amounts suggest illicit finance links.

✅ Update screening lists within hours to avoid.

#Stablecoin #Compliance

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🌍 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗭 𝗙𝗦𝗣𝗥 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀

⚖️ Registration covers multiple financial services, setting a compliance.

✅ Review Bitget's NZ compliance framework as a.

#CryptoCompliance #TokenizedSecuriti

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇪🇺 𝗘𝗨 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟰 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀

⚖️ Crypto platforms targeted as sanctions evasion channels.

✅ Update sanctions screening lists and freeze assets.

#Sanctions #CryptoCompliance

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇪🇺 𝗘𝗨 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

⚖️ Crypto now explicitly targeted as sanctions evasion channel

✅ Update screening systems within 24 hours

#EUSanctions #CryptoCompliance

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇺🇸 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗥𝗔 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼.

⚖️ Sets precedent for retail access to tokenized securities.

✅ Review FINRA standards for retail tokenized.

#TokenizedSecuriti #FINRA

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇨🇳 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿.

⚖️ Multi-agency enforcement signals intensified crackdown on crypto.

✅ Review and geo-block marketing channels.

#ChinaCryptoBan #Enforcement

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇺🇸 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱.

⚖️ Passage would create federal crypto market structure rules.

✅ Assess compliance gaps against 616-page.

#CryptoRegulation #CLARITYAct

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🇺🇸 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗸𝗵𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹.

⚖️ Novel sovereign reserve policy imposes direct compliance obligations on.

✅ Review remittance obligations and update.

#CryptoMining #Kazakhstan

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🌍 𝟱𝟮 𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝟭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, $𝟭𝟮𝟰𝗠 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘂𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟴𝟭% 𝗬𝗼𝗬

⚖️ Escalating physical security risks for crypto holders and custodians may.

✅ Review physical security measures, including.

#CryptoSecurity #PhysicalRisk

[Noxos Intelligence @NoxosIntel]

We traced the funds from the @42dao_official exploit, which caused losses of ~$1M.

Most of the funds were bridged from BNB Smart Chain to Ethereum.

The funds were deposited into Railgun on both chains — $3k $USDT on #BSC and $1M $USDC on #ETH.

The case is under monitoring.

[MichaelView @michaelhan2022]

🌍 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀

⚖️ Regulators may impose physical security requirements on exchanges and.

✅ Review physical security protocols and update AML.

#CryptoCrime #Compliance