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Head of Estonia’s FIU says crypto operating licences in the country should be ‘revoked’ and system ‘rebuilt from scratch’ to prevent another Danske-style scandal

By Elizabeth Hearst for AMLi

The head of Estonia’s Financial Intelligence Unit has said he believes cryptocurrency operating licences in the country should be “revoked”. 

Matis Mäeker, told Estonian weekly newspaper Eesti Ekspress that the system should be “rebuilt from scratch”, as failure to do so may lead to another Danske-style financial scandal, according to Estonian broadcaster ERR.ee. 

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