US Treasury Moves to Scrap Proposed Crypto Wallet, Mixer Surveillance Rules

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What happened

FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S.

Treasury Department, is planning to kill two crypto surveillance proposals that spent years hanging over self-custody and privacy tools without ever becoming law.

Key facts

  • Reported by Bitcoin.com and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:20:36 UTC.

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  1. China P2P stablecoin wallets grew 43x despite crypto restrictions: Chainalysis

  2. US Treasury Moves to Scrap Proposed Crypto Wallet, Mixer Surveillance Rules

  3. Bitcoin Price Fails to Break $87K as CFTC Signals New Crypto Rules

  4. Treasury withdraws crypto mixing rule, citing concerns over ‘chilling effect on legitimate activity’

  5. CFTC Proposes New Crypto Oversight Rules

  6. CFTC Opens Crypto Rulebook as Selig Tells Industry ‘Build Here’

  7. S&P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector

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