The <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/3061059Z%20US%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018c-17d1-d922-abee-5ffbd4710000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>US Treasury Department-bsp-bb-link> seeks new power from <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/0248133Z%20US%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018c-17d1-d922-abee-5ffbd4710001″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Congress-bsp-bb-link> to go after crypto and fintech platforms used by groups like Hamas, Politico reports, citing documents.
- “As terrorist, transnational criminals and rogue states turn to digital assets to finance their activities, we need to build an enforcement regime that is capable of preventing this activity,” Deputy Treasury Secretary <-bsp-person state=”{“_id”:”0000018c-17d1-d922-abee-5ffbd4730000″,”_type”:”00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003″}”>Wally Adeyemo-bsp-person> writes to lawmakers including <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/1025701D%20US%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018c-17d1-d922-abee-5ffbd4740000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Senate Banking-bsp-bb-link> Chair Sherrod Brown and <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/1025593D%20US%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018c-17d1-d922-abee-5ffbd4750000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>House Financial Services-bsp-bb-link> Chair Patrick McHenry, Politico reports
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