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A few of the key legal frameworks that Crypto projects must consider include:
the Commodity Exchange Act and its registration requirements, anti-fraud provisions, antimanipulative provisions, and commodity pool/commodity trading advisor requirements;
securities laws including the Securities Act, Exchange Act, Investment Company Act, and Investment Advisor Act, including their respective registration and disclosure requirements and market conduct and anti-fraud rules;
the Bank Secrecy Act and State Money Transmission laws and their respective know-your-customer and anti-money laundering requirements;
payments and consumer finance regulation;
federal sanctions and anti-terrorism regimes;
other state licensing requirements such as New York’s BitLicense, to name a few
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