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Coinbase Presses Treasury to Modernize AML for Crypto With AI, APIs and On-Chain Analytics

Treasury will use the response to prepare a report to Congress.

Overview

  • The exchange filed a detailed response urging safe-harbors for responsible AI use under the Bank Secrecy Act, emphasizing governance, human oversight and measurable outcomes.
  • Coinbase asked for explicit guidance on API-driven compliance, including recognition of know-your-transaction screening and blockchain analytics clustering as effective monitoring methods.
  • The company urged updates to customer-identification rules to accept decentralized identifiers and zero-knowledge proofs as valid verification mechanisms.
  • The filing called for regulatory sandboxes and an outcome-based approach so firms can test advanced tools before formal rule changes.
  • Privacy advocates flagged surveillance risks, with Coin Center warning that applying traditional controls to public-chain stablecoins could create a “CBDC-style panopticon,” and Treasury has not announced any policy changes.