The nominee of President Biden regarding the Treasury Department under the command of the secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence announced to prioritize the new regulations for driving cryptocurrency if he gets selected. To direct the attention of the unit which is answerable for the development and implementation of the National Money Laundering Strategy as well as the other related programs to confront the financial crimes, as stated by Brian Nelson (the nominated person), he would order all the sections of legislation which come under the 2020’s Anti-Money Laundering Act without thwarting the new technologies which are operating safely.

On 1st January, the law got passed, and some serious changes were made to the 1970’s Bank Secrecy Act by widening the activities and authorities of the Treasury’s FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network).

It was disclosed by Nelson that according to his perception, the other most significant part of the legislation is the balancing regulation which prevents the subversion of the country’s anti-money laundering system. He further mentioned that proper development and innovation are required to support the law of the United States without being afraid of the opportunities and market to depart from the country.

Nelson commented these words in response to a question by Senate while he was attending a Senate Committee hearing on Urban Affairs, Housing, and Banking. A Nevadan Democrat, Catherine Cortez Masto, has suspected fraud, terrorist financing, tax evasion, and money laundering being involved in the currency management by privately constructed firms.

Biden’s nominee for the post of assistant secretary of terrorism financing department of Treasury, Elizabeth Rosenberg, emphasized during the hearing that she would ensure the appropriateness and consistency of the regulatory regime to be implemented on the cryptocurrency. She further discussed that the support for the financial regulators who are residing in the other countries to apply the regulations and controls would also be dealt with as a matter of vital importance.

Rosenberg stated that it is very obvious for the criminals to thwart the United States jurisdiction by operating their deplorable and illegal activities from other jurisdictions without the collaboration of the other countries to devise an appropriate regulatory plan of work.

$2.5 billion has been allocated for the decrees against the firms and individuals having linkages with crypto for the past decade, as mentioned by Elliptic (a provider of blockchain analytics).