This week, a judge at the US District Court in DC issued a memorandum opinion saying cryptocurrency exchanges must abide by sanctions because sanctions apply to virtual currencies, and payments are ultimately traceable. Marco Werman interviews Brian O’Toole, a former director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the US Treasury, about the state of cryptocurrency and sanctions evasion.
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