For years, the United States and its international counterparts have struggled to answer one of the more fundamental questions surrounding cryptocurrencies: Who is responsible for regulating the digital asset markets? This ongoing lack of a clear regulatory jurisdiction between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); the two […]
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Over the better part of the past two decades, anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement has continued to intensify across the globe. Regulators have moved away from viewing compliance failures as simply administrative shortcomings and increasingly treat them as systemic threats to national security given their capability to facilitate organized crime, sanctions evasion, corruption, terrorist financing, and […]
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The unsettled truce between the United States and Iran once again showed signs of fraying this past week as both nations exchanged accusations over ceasefire violations while simultaneously attempting to keep diplomatic negotiations alive. Renewed disputes over maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. military strikes following attacks on commercial shipping, and the Trump […]
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