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bordercases | 1 year ago

What non-circularly defines a money-transmitting business?

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nradov|1 year ago

Here is the legal definition of a money transmitting business.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5330#d_1

tromp|1 year ago

Part A:

> provides check cashing, currency exchange, or money transmitting or remittance services

says that Samourai is a money transmitting business iff they provide a money transmitting service. Part B:

> accepting currency, funds, or value that substitutes for currency and transmitting the currency, funds, or value that substitutes for currency by any means

says that they must be accepting currency/funds/value, which they don't appear to be. They only accept instructions from each user for how to spend funds to themselves.