The Fifths ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING Directive (AMLD5) - how will it affect us all?
 | Just within the next 2 days (10 jan 2020) new anti-money laundering directive is set to become law - AMLD5 - and it demands new obligations from those in financial services. |
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INTRODUCTION
... Officially those new regulations will help authorities to combat financing terrorism and crime across the globe.
It's very encouraging to point out, that terrorism is growing because of actions taken over and over by our own rulers and terrorist threats seem to be only increasing. What just happened in Iran is a great example, how within one day time things may get so much worse. We can see how all results achieved so far in the fight against terrorism are wiped out. And it does question me of real reasons behind anti-money laundering policies.
However, I don't want to get deeply into politics, since I consider this topic too sensitive to talk about it on any blockchain.
Today I would like to focus our attention on the upcoming AML new directive: AMLD5. I have a few questions I would like to ask. And hopefully, someone out there will be able to help me find answers. Answers I've been seeking today.
WHAT IS AMLD5? HOW WILL IT AFFECT US?
Let me quote.
The 5th Money Laundering Directive aims to eliminate financial crimes without making changes in the functioning of financial payment systems and markets. It intends to prevent money laundering and large scale concealment of funds by promoting transparency. The businesses operating across Europe are obligated to comply with these regulations.
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I could go on and on - quoting different regulations that will be enforced within just 2 days. But the truth is, that I feel completely lost. I really would like to know what group of people, individuals or businesses are going to be affected. And how will they be affected?
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
WILL CRYPTO BUSINESSES SUFFER?
Especially I'm interested in companies, which have anything to do with crypto space. How many of those businesses will be affected and will endure real pain.
I can imagine that most exchanges will have to comply with those new regulations. This actually doesn't bother me so much, since most of us seem to already got used to the idea of KYC being a requirement.
Perhaps you, dear reader, could help me out and figure out what other crypto businesses may be affected by AMLD5 ? And how bad can it be? Do you think those new regulations may affect you as well?
WHAT ABOUT STEEM and SMTs?
I've spoken with few friends and they all seem to be quite convinced, that somehow STEEM blockchain will not be affected in any way. Which I found quite hard to imagine. Perhaps I just worry too much and perhaps things will not change much since STEEM isn't dealing with FIAT currency. Perhaps.
And what about SMTs? Assuming that SMTs will allow users to exchange their tokens directly to FIAT currencies then we should expect some major issues, which will have to be faced.
Part of me believes, that we're mostly currently too optimistic - I was told already, that those changes are happening only in Europe so the rest of the world won't be affected. I seriously doubt it, since the EU regulatory framework is usually copied by less developed countries. Not to mention that all foreign businesses willing to operate within the EU will also have to comply.
My final question to each one of you:
- how do you personally feel about your current investment in STEEM. Can you imagine, that AML regulations can somehow affect you and your resources on steem?
Yours,
Piotr
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Useful article, however the EU and its stupid rules will disappear long before Steem does.
Once Brexit is finally done there will be other countries leaving this Kafkaesque strait-jacket of business destroying anti-democratic rules that is the EU.
Also, crypto will destroy the whole ridiculous AML regime, which treats honest people like criminals but the real criminals go around.
Most terror funding comes from governments, including Western ones, through naiveity.
In the meantime, people will just ignore these silly rules.
As someone that is neither from the UK or Europe I do not feel entitled to all that much of an opinion on what the people of those regions should do. But to the overall stuff you said in the comment, amen, sir.
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I am pretty sure, that this regulation will not affect Steemit. Or better say STEEM blockchain. Because it is decentralized with no authority to shut it down. So I feel comfortable also with my STEEM bag.
I think when more and more DEX will be on the field, there will be less and less to regulate. They might now only focus on fiat onramps and offramps, but in the time, when you could pay by some crypto (stablecoin, maybe the national e-coin etc.), there will be always ways to use your crypto somehow. Like Revolut or Wirex at this moment.
Hi appreciated Piotr.
The first thought that comes to my mind is: "Why is it going to be the fifth directive, what happened to the previous four?"
I am aware of the crude attack that certain governments and agencies have deployed for several years against all activity related to cryptography. Last year we could see how American citizens received notifications about the payment of taxes applied to their crypto assets. Raw words of powerful presidents assuring that "Btc is not real money, only Usd is real money."
The main value of blockchain technology lies in decentralization and all that it entails, financial freedom and Decentralized Finance, for example.
This undermines the seeds of traditional financial structures that are what sustain the economies of the world's governments.
There is a real possibility that the facade of the fight against terrorism and money laundering is being used to try to affect the freedoms that blockchain technology has given to the citizens of the world. Not only is AMLD, it is also the FATF and other international organizations that want to end anonymity and the growing number of P2P, B2B transactions.
So I don't think Steem blockchain is affected by these measures. I imagine that the main objectives should be the biggest exchanges.
Your friend, Juan
Why am I reading this sentence like "regulations will help authorities [..] financing terrorism and crime across the globe"?
And if not talking politics on a blockchain, where else?! Let's get more "regulators" and media onto decentralized blockchains!
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Yours, Piotr
Hi @crypto.piotr,
I have to admit that I wasn't even aware of this law. It seems that in Europe they make more and more complicated laws that are more and more difficult to understand and to apply.
In Switzerland there are very strict laws against money loundring but still we have the most corrupt world leaders who have bank accounts here...
It seems all a bit hypocritical and again I think that it is merely a matter of size. It's not for a couple of hundred bucks that people will get problems but for the real big players to take care.
I can't tell what will be the influence on crypto. I believe that with crypto the sensible part is where crypto can become fiat. I have the feeling that governements don't really care about crypto but they care when crypto can be exchanged into fiat money and these places are quite strictly reglemented.
Have a nice day
Achim
I'm no expert in regulation. IMHO I think there will be trouble getting in and out of an ecosystem like STEEM. But things will be fine when dealing within the ecosystem. We might face trouble getting new people invested into STEEM and it might get difficult to cash out STEEM on the long run.
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The Fifth Money Laundering Directive makes amendments to the Fourth Money Laundering Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing.
Hello dear @crypto.piotr thanks for bringing this notable AML regulations before our eyes. I completely agree with your assumption that most of the developing world look up to Europe for regulatory framework. The move could have slight or negligible effect on the global crypto market but I do not forsee a major impact because the forthcoming changes did not find its way into the mainstream news. As a rule, whatever must significantly affect the global crypto market must be reported or anticipated by the mainstream crypto media. I hope that my assumption is correct. Cheers!
At this point I don't think STEEM nor any crypto is really their priority to try and regulate, the whole terrorism bit is a load of shit. There were terrorists before 2008 and they were doing just fine getting money from various sources. We all know HSBC and other banks launder money for this shit and government money has funded just about every war.
Seriously what benefit would crypto have with people trying to do arms deals, if they hate or not care crypto so much how hard would it be get deals done in this asset.
As for KYC and AML that should be handled by oracles and the data can be tokenised with an NFT which would give you the best of both. So you can verify yourself without revealing your actual data
Maybe I'm a bit off the topic but Steem needs plenty of dedicated people to support it's growth. Steem is designed around the idea of a community of good people willing to help each other, but it is trying to create this community by paying it's members. Right now this only encourages people that are interested only in money to come across it, and very few others. This is why I stopped being an active part of the community...