2026-20430: Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual Currency or Digital Assets; Withdrawal

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2026)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 63514-63515] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-20430] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 31 CFR Parts 1010, 1020, and 1022 RIN 1506-AB47 Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual Currency or Digital Assets; Withdrawal

Agency

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury.

Action

Proposed rule; withdrawal. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

FinCEN is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed requiring banks and money service businesses (MSBs) to submit reports, keep records, and verify the identity of customers in relation to transactions involving convertible virtual currency (CVC) or digital assets with legal tender status (LTDA) held in unhosted wallets or in wallets hosted in a jurisdiction identified by FinCEN. FinCEN will not take any further action on this NPRM.

Dates

FinCEN is withdrawing the proposed rule published at 85 FR 83840 (December 23, 2020), as of October 6, 2026.

For Further Information Contact

The FinCEN Regulatory Support Section by submitting an inquiry at www.fincen.gov/contact.

Supplementary Information

On December 23, 2020, FinCEN published an NPRM that proposed adopting recordkeeping, verification, and reporting requirements for certain deposits, withdrawals, exchanges, or other payments or transfers of CVC or LTDA by, through, or to a bank or MSB that involve an unhosted or otherwise covered wallet.\1\ Under the proposal, the term ``unhosted wallet'' described ``when a financial institution is not required to conduct transactions from the wallet.'' \2\ FinCEN proposed defining otherwise covered wallets as those wallets that are held at a financial institution that is not subject to the Bank Secrecy Act and is located in a foreign jurisdiction identified by FinCEN.\3\ The NPRM proposed requiring banks and MSBs to file a report with FinCEN containing certain information related to a customer's CVC or LTDA transaction and counterparty, and to verify the identity of their customer, if a counterparty to the transaction is using an unhosted or [[Page 63515]] otherwise covered wallet and the transaction is greater than $10,000, or multiple transactions that aggregate to greater than $10,000 in 24 hours. The NPRM also proposed requiring banks and MSBs to keep records of a customer's CVC or LTDA transaction and counterparty, including verifying the identity of their customer, if a counterparty is using an unhosted or otherwise covered wallet and the transaction is greater than $3,000. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ FinCEN, Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual Currency or Digital Assets, 85 FR 83840 (Dec. 23, 2020). \2\ Id. at 83843. \3\ Id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- As stated in the report issued by the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets established by Executive Order 14178, ``Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology,'' FinCEN is withdrawing the NPRM as part of the Trump Administration's ongoing efforts to ensure digital asset regulations are fit-for- purpose.\4\ FinCEN will take no further action on this NPRM. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See White House, Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology, p. 100 (July 2025), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Digital-Assets-Report-EO14178.pdf; see also Exec. Order 14178, 90 FR 8647 (Jan. 31, 2025). Jimmy L. Kirby, Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. [FR Doc. 2026-20430 Filed 10-5-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810-02-P