EU Introduces New Anti-Money Laundering Regulation: Here’s What it Means to Crypto

cryptonews.com:

The European Union (EU) has formally passed a new anti-money laundering regulation (AMLR), applicable to all crypto-asset service providers (CASPs).

The laws would provide more powers to Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) to detect and combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

Per a Wednesday’s announcement, the package of legislations would impact crypto exchanges, brokers, regulated under MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation). These laws include “enhanced due diligence measures,” after which, obliged entities including crypto-asset managers must report suspicious activities to FIUs.

“If you want to use a CASP though for buying goods & services with crypto, even outside of a regular business relationship, this CASP will need to perform customer due diligence on you – meaning verify your identity + potential additional KYC/AML measures if the transaction is above €1K,” says Patrick Hansen, Circle’s EU Strategy and Policy Director, wrote in a Tweet.

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— Patrick Hansen (@paddi_hansen) March 24, 2024

Furthermore, a new body – Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) – will be established in Frankfurt. This entity will supervise the new legislation on combating money laundering, the announcement read.

The Council hasn’t formally adopted the law yet and awaits publication in the EU’s Official Journal, it added.

Hansen wrote a series of Tweets, explaining how the legislation