{"id":45630,"date":"2022-03-03T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T22:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=45630"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T23:12:45","slug":"dems-press-treasury-on-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=45630","title":{"rendered":"Dems press Treasury on crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are pressing the Treasury Department for information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/olrmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrntkjrwzk_ldgmjjgkgrmndngdqgzz.html?a=&amp;b=47655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/olrmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrntkjrwzk_ldgmjjgkgrmndngdqgzz.html?a%3D%26b%3D47655&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646434946853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wm0IPAcLmovRHAI9xht5X\">around its plans<\/a>\u00a0to enforce sanctions compliance within the cryptocurrency industry as concerns rise\u00a0over whether Russia could use digital assets to get around U.S. sanctions issued in response to its recent invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sen.\u00a0Elizabeth Warren<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Mass.), Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman\u00a0<strong>Mark Warner<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Va.), Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman\u00a0<strong>Sherrod Brown<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Ohio), and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman\u00a0<strong>Jack Reed<\/strong>\u00a0(D-R.I.)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dmmszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwtrhdcpc_ldgmjjgkgrmndngdqgzz.html?a=&amp;b=47655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dmmszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwtrhdcpc_ldgmjjgkgrmndngdqgzz.html?a%3D%26b%3D47655&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646434946853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3UTkfwY7Pib5rnoRrYposX\">led lawmakers in a letter to the agency<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, lawmakers inquire about the agency\u2019s \u201cprogress in monitoring and enforcing sanctions compliance by the cryptocurrency industry,\u201d before going on to voice concerns \u201cthat criminals, rogue states, and other actors may use digital assets and alternative payment platforms as a new means to hide cross-border transactions for nefarious purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are pressing the Treasury Department&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-tech","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45631,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45630\/revisions\/45631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}