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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Marvie Basilan

Ex-government Officials Urge Congress To Strike Down Warren Bill Targeting Crypto Laundering

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. (Credit: Reuters / POOL)

A group of former national security and military professionals have urged Congress to block a bill introduced by senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., that seeks to place cryptocurrency companies under anti-money laundering policies.

The group, alongside the Blockchain Association, wrote in a letter to Congressional leaders that the proposed Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act (DAAMLA) "risks our nation's strategic advantage, threatens tens of thousands of U.S. jobs, and bears little effect on the illicit actors it targets."

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