Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority has prohibited the use of crypto for payment and investment, while also banning all crypto mining activities, to comply with FATFNews' anti-money laundering requirements. By iamsandali.
or investment to combat money laundering, according to a circular by the country's financial regulator issued on Monday.
The Capital Markets Authority also placed an"absolute" ban on all digital asset mining, prohibited the recognition of crypto as decentralized currency, and also warned the public that companies are not allowed to provide any type of crypto-related services. "Securities regulated by the Central Bank of Kuwait and other securities and financial instruments regulated by the Capital Markets Authority are excluded from this prohibition," the circular said.
The prohibitions are aimed at coming into compliance with the Financial Action Task Force's global recommendations for crypto assets, and followed a study into the sector by the the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, according to the regulator. Although countries are required to put up guardrails for preventing money laundering, and adhere to the FATF's
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