Honduras regulator bans institutions from trading crypto
Honduras’ banking regulator the National Banking and Securities Commission, or CNBS, has announced an immediate ban that prohibits institutions from trading crypto. The banking regulator reached the resolution on Monday and cites fraud and money laundering among reasons for the move, Reuters reported. Honduras’ National Banking and Securities Commission, or CNBS, has banned institution s under its regulator y purview from trading crypto currencies. The banking regulator announced the measure this week, Reuters reported on Friday. According to the report, the CNBS’ resolution came into effect immediately, with the Central American country citing use of virtual assets in fraud and money laundering as key risks and the reasons for the ban. In this case, no institution supervised by the regulator can hold, intermediate, trade or invest in crypto tokens or such other unauthorized digital assets. Crypto fraud and money laundering While noting ...