Kollen Post

Kollen Post is Cointelegraph's policy editor. He specializes in mapping the intersections of regulation, law and blockchain, especially as they cross national borders. Outside of crypto, he likes languages, rock climbing and bad horror movies.

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News

Hinman's commentary on the status of cryptocurrencies and the Howey Test was particularly critical to regulation surrounding ICOs.

Bill Hinman, who spearheaded the SEC's early crypto policies, is leaving the commission

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2020-10-27T17:54:42+00:00

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Analysis

With new changes to the Travel Rule up for discussion and a bevy of new cases in the courts, it's time to look at how U.S. AML law is shifting to cope with cryp...

How US authorities are using old AML tools to crack down on crypto

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2020-10-24T15:45:04+01:00

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News

The proposed change would cut down FinCEN's longstanding $3,000 threshold.

US AML watchdog wants info on all international crypto transactions over $250

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2020-10-23T22:38:05+01:00

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Newsletter

These week's news highlighted how governments test new regimes for cryptocurrency, which can be slow but are certainly some kind of progress.

Law Decoded: Government sandboxes, test beds and crypto compromises, Oct. 16-23

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2020-10-23T19:24:03+01:00

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News

The CFTC has issued new guidance for crypto derivatives markets that hold customer funds, much of which boils down to "be very, very careful."

US crypto derivatives merchants need to leave customer funds alone, says CFTC

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2020-10-21T22:44:31+01:00

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News

The outlook is grim for the Canadian messaging app as it loses $5 million over its initial coin offering for Kin tokens.

SEC sees $5M victory in case against Kik

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2020-10-21T21:17:52+01:00

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Follow up

For now, PayPal's crypto payments are more about satisfying regulators than providing users with crypto capabilities.

Regulation will keep PayPal's new crypto services from looking anything like crypto

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2020-10-21T16:27:22+01:00

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FinCEN has fined the operator of early crypto mixers Helix and Coin Ninja for Bank Secrecy Act violations.

US financial watchdog fines early Bitcoin mixer $60M for money laundering

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2020-10-19T19:23:56+01:00

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