SEC’s Division of Examinations issues Risk Alert on digital assets

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The Risk Alert seemed to take particular aim at broker-dealers, who have been “inadequate” in their AML compliance.

by Andrew Thurman. February 26, 2021. Cointelegraph.

The Security and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations published on Friday a blueprint for investment managers and institutions on how the division will inspect the handling of crypto assets, or “digital asset securities,” moving forward. 

The division (formerly the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations) is the second-largest wing of the SEC and is tasked with overseeing securities industry players to ensure regulatory compliance.

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