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Jan 2022
17m 55s

BREAKDOWN: A Crypto Industry Poison Pill...

COINDESK
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It’s not the first time an expansion of the Bank Secrecy Act has made its way into an unrelated bill. This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.  Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a topic that has seized the attention of the crypto policy community. Hidden in the America COMPETES Act is a change to the Bank Secrecy Act that would allow the secr ... Show More
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