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LATEST: Squeezed crypto exchange Binance registers in Sweden – with obligation to provide watchdog with details of its AML measures

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BAD ACTOR: Fines on crypto and digital firms soared to $5.8Bn last year. It was the year when US prosecutors revealed how Binance (former ceo Changpeng Zhao pictured) became an exchange for every serious bad actor in the globe – from international terrorists to organised crime. Moreover, customers from Iran, Cuba and Syria — all of which face sanctions — were able to access the Binance platform, court documents revealed. Binance “turned a blind eye” as it allowed Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Al Qaeda and ISIS to use the platform, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

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BREAKING: European Parliament officially adopts Europe’s new AML laws and establishment of AMLA

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By Anna Ringstrom and Tom Wilson

SWEDEN’S financial watchdog said today (Thursday) it has registered the under-pressure crypto exchange Binance as a financial institute in the country.

Unlike licensed financial services providers, companies that are registered are obliged to provide the Swedish watchdog with information on anti-money laundering measures – but little more.

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