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Sources: the US Treasury asked Benchmark whether its Manus AI funding is covered by restrictions on investments in tech destined for “countries of concern”

“Benchmark was advised by multiple US law firms that the investment was not covered by the outbound investment restrictions, because Manus was not developing its own AI models.”  —  www.semafor.com/ar...

Sources: Binance asked the US Treasury last month to loosen oversight on its AML compliance, after Binance entered into deal talks with Trump's crypto venture

Executives for the cryptocurrency exchange met with Treasury officials last month after the company entered into talks with a Trump family venture

In a risk assessment, the US Treasury says NFTs are “highly susceptible to use in fraud and scams” and NFT platforms lack controls to combat money laundering

“Illicit actors can use NFTs to launder proceeds from predicate crimes, often in combination with other methods …

Tether freezes the wallets of people sanctioned by the US Treasury's OFAC to stop “potential misuse” of its tokens, one of its new CEO's first significant moves

Report: Twitter filed to register with the US Treasury to process payments; source: Twitter is working on a product that accepts cryptocurrencies including DOGE

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Sources: the US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies pose significant financial risks that outweigh the benefits, and need major regulations

Source: the US Treasury will advise the federal government to issue a digital dollar if the Biden administration and Congress deem it in the “national interest”

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A look at the ECASH Act, which would direct the US Treasury to pilot digital dollars that would be stored on hardware and not on a distributed blockchain ledger

If you want the privacy of paper money, you need something that leaves no paper trail.  —  When you hear the phrase “digital cash,” what comes to mind?