FinCEN withdraws two crypto reporting proposals, shelving $3,000 wallet records and a broad mixer plan. Existing AML and sanctions duties remain.
Treasury sanctioned A7 as FinCEN identified $179.1B in A7A5 transfers. A separate payment ban is proposed; transfer volume is not a crypto theft total.
Bitcoin rose 5.8% as the U.S. Treasury said it will at least double the maximum size of long-end liquidity-support buybacks to $4 billion from Sept. 9.
Treasury said it sanctioned Iran-linked crypto wallets, with reporting showing Tether froze about $131 million in USDT across four TRON addresses.
The U.S. and UK issued five digital-asset recommendations and a 10-point stablecoin statement, seeking cross-border rules for tokenized securities, collateral and private digital money.