Colleagues, following the
conclusion of last week’s G20 meeting in Argentina the non-binding governmental
body issued a position paper entitled “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable
Development.” Chief among its
statements was the position that “We
will regulate crypto-assets for anti-money laundering and countering
the financing of terrorism in line with FATF standards and we will
consider other responses as needed.” FATF, the Financial Action Task Force, defined a number of
areas of focus, including strengthening
the institutional basis, governance and capacity of FATF, FATF's work on
virtual assets, countering the financing of terrorism, and countering the
financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The bottom line: Despite the written
statements referenced above, we raise serious doubts that the G20 - especially
Russia, China and Saudi Arabia – lacks the political will to implement the
intent of this decree. Rather, we see an a la cart approach to enforcing FATF
policies “if and when” they are advantageous to each nation. Share a comment while
visiting us today! Lawrence – Cyber
Security Defender (https://cybersecuritydefender.blogspot.com/)