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On March 18, 2013, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released guidelines for the first time, suggesting that some participants in the Bitcoin economy should be classified as Money Services Businesses.
Such enterprises, providing money services (MSB), must register with the federal government, obtain the appropriate license, collect information about their clients, and take measures to combat money laundering by their clients.
This marked the beginning of harmful KYC and AML policies in the crypto space.