The crypto privacy rule Trump’s Treasury proposed, and Trump’s Treasury buried
CryptoSlate · Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:00:23 GMT
Hype 10/100 · Market impact 15/100 · Breaking 45/100
Treasury Department Proposed Additional Reporting Requirements for Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets in December 2020
On Dec. 18, 2020, with Christmas a week away and Donald Trump preparing to leave the White House, the Treasury Department under Steven Mnuchin announced a proposal that would require cryptocurrency exchanges and other financial institutions to collect additional information about transactions involving self-hosted wallets. The public was given 15 days to comment.