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​Cryptocurrency firms must use tech to tackle illicit finance 'to pass regulatory muster,' US antiterrorist financing chief says

( September 11, 2019, 20:51 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: As terrorists turn to cryptocurrency to fund their violence, the digital asset industry should use its technology to build safeguards against terrorist financing, said Sigal Mandelkar, US Treasury Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. "That industry now needs to harness that technological expertise and apply it to the tough problems we need to solve in illicit finance – both because not doing so threatens national security, and because it is the only way for them to pass regulatory muster," she said.Speech follows below:...

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