A Department of Financial Services (DFS) Investigation found significant failings in Coinbase’s compliance program, particularly with regards to AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting systems.
The failures violated the New York Banking Law and the DFS’s virtual currency, money transmitter, transaction monitoring, and cybersecurity regulations, making Coinbase vulnerable
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