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U.S. Treasury moves to cut off crypto exchange MEXC over $16 billion in alleged illicit flows

CoinDeskFrancisco Rodrigues6h ago7/10

US Treasury moves to cut off exchange MEXC over alleged role in roughly $16 billion of illicit Russian-linked flows.

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