Cryptocurrency – Now Under the AUSTRAC Scanner

Cryptocurrency – Now Under the AUSTRAC Scanner

As of the 3rd of April 2018, AUSTRAC (the government body in Australia which keeps a tab on money laundering and terror-related activities) has placed new rules governing cryptocurrency transactions to provide greater transparency for regulators. Now transactions involving cryptocurrency will need to be signed up and logged onto a new Digital Currency Exchange Register. AUS

 

TRAC requires that dealings above $10,000 be reported as per pre-existing rules for cash transactions and bank transfers.

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