By CCN: Japan’s financial regulators are considering enacting new rules aimed at bitcoin exchanges as it steps up anti-money laundering countermeasures. This issue will also be raised at the forthcoming G20 Summit, which takes place in Osaka on June 28 and 29. Specifically, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) is targeting crypto exchanges that don’t adequately confirm their clients’ identities or offer anonymous transactions, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. Japan has recently been roiled by money-laundering and hacking scandals, in tandem with the rise of the crypto industry. To address this, the FSA will conduct a thorough inspection of Japan’s anti-money
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