The United States’ Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which regulates entities dealing with digital currency exchanges, officially became law on Jan 1, 2021. The United States’ Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which regulates entities dealing with digital currency exchanges and digital-asset-related products and services, officially became law on January 1, 2021. The reforms strengthen the authority of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) over digital asset companies and allows for them to construct new penalties for violations and amend old ones, and this spells “BAD” in all caps for crypto criminals. One of the key elements of these massive reforms is explicitly stating that digital asset companies are within their scope by defining a “financial institution” to include “a business engaged in the exchange of currency, funds, or value that substitutes for currency or funds” and “‘a licensed sender of money or any other person who engages as a business in the transmission of funds or value that substitutes for currency.” Likewise, the meaning of “money transmitting business” has been expanded to encompass “currency, funds, or value that substitutes for currency.”