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US deputy treasury secretary calls for additional tools to sanction crypto firms

In prepared remarks for the Blockchain Association’s Policy Summit on Nov. 29, Adeyemo said the U.S. Treasury had called on Congress to allow sanctions in which an entity could be fully cut off from the U.S. financial system. The deputy treasury secretary said the move aimed to stop actors such as Hamas from “find[ing] safe haven within the digital asset ecosystem,” but also referenced U.S. authorities’ settlement with crypto exchange Binance.

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