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The European Parliament has passed anti-privacy crypto legislation


March 31, 2022 · By MATheGooner
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Legislators in the European Union voted today in support of contentious legislation to make anonymous crypto transactions illegal.

The plans aim to expand anti-money laundering laws to the crypto sector, which currently apply to traditional payments exceeding EUR 1,000 ($1,114). 

They also remove the floor for crypto payments, requiring the identification of payers and recipients of even the tiniest crypto transactions, including those involving non-hosted or self-hosted wallets.

Unregulated crypto exchanges could be cut off from the traditional banking system if more measures are considered. 

As a result of the decision, lawmakers are preparing to ban even the tiniest anonymous crypto transactions, as well as take steps to shut down unregulated exchanges which the sector has criticized as stifling innovation and invading privacy. 

National governments announced in December that they planned to eliminate the EUR 1,000 cryptocurrency threshold, citing the ease with which digital payments can circumvent it, as well as include private wallets not run by regulated crypto asset providers. 

Many of the more contentious amendments were rejected by members of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), who denounced what they called a “de facto ban of self-hosted wallets.”

“Such proposals are neither warranted nor proportionate,” said EPP economic spokesperson, Markus Ferber, in an emailed statement Thursday. “With this approach of regulating new technologies, the European Union will fall further behind other, more open-minded jurisdictions.”

A separate legal proposal presented today would prohibit transfers to “non-compliant” crypto service providers, such as those operating in the EU without authorisation or those not linked with or based in any state.

Despite opposition from significant sector actors such as Coinbase and legal experts who cautioned that unduly harsh privacy violations could face legal challenges in EU courts, the decision was passed on Thursday. 

According to the new legislation, Coinbase would have to disclose to the authorities any time a customer acquired more than EUR 1,000 in crypto via a self-hosted wallet, according to the exchange’s CEO Brian Armstrong. 

In order to become legislation, both the parliament and national ministers, who meet as the EU Council, must agree on the plans. 

As the vote came through, Bitcoin’s price decreased around 4% in minutes, from $47,500 to sub  $46,000.

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