2025-01-29 15:30:44

KuCoin Agrees To Pay $297,000,000 to US Government for Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

The crypto exchange KuCoin will pay a $297 million penalty to the US government stemming from compliance violations. Peken Global Limited, the Seychelles-based company that operates KuCoin, has pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, according to a new press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. U.S. […] The post KuCoin Agrees To Pay $297,000,000 to US Government for Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business appeared first on The Daily Hodl.
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