The Daily

April 6, 2026

Trump’s ‘Debanking’ Fight Could Prompt Institutions to Keep Risky Clients

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on “debanking” is colliding with a core compliance problem for U.S. banks: the very policies his administration wants to curb have long given lenders a way to cut off customers they suspect of wrongdoing without violating federal secrecy rules.

Russia’s Sanctions-Busting Crypto Firm A7 Expands African Footprint

A Russian cryptocurrency payments network founded by sanctioned actors is expanding into Africa as Moscow seeks new channels to move money around western restrictions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine

A Timor-Leste Firm Links Trump’s World Liberty to a Sanctioned Fraud Syndicate

A politically connected blockchain project that partnered with the Trump family’s crypto firm promoted a proposed resort in Timor-Leste involving three people later sanctioned by the United States for ties to the Prince Group, an alleged Southeast Asian scam syndicate.

Documents

• FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report

• FATF: Serbia’s Measures to Counter Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing

• Treasury Department Designates BNY as Financial Agent to Support New Trump Accounts Program

• NY: Head of Indian Chemical Company Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl Precursors

• CA: Bakersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating an Illegal Money Transmitting Business

Binance’s Compliance Team Loses Investigators Amid Growing Scrutiny

Several senior Binance compliance officials overseeing sanctions, investigations, and financial-crime monitoring have left the company in recent months as the crypto exchange faces renewed scrutiny over alleged sanctions evasion and illicit-finance risks.

SPOTLIGHT NEWS

Iran’s 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions

Mitsotakis Urges Swift EU Probe into MPs over Greek Farm Subsidy Fraud

Jamie Dimon Warns of Higher Inflation, Interest Rates From Iran War

Treasury Designates BNY as Financial Agent for Trump Accounts Program

Trump Gambled by Easing Oil Sanctions on Iran and Russia. Will It Pay Off?

Former Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov Jailed 14 Years for Defrauding Government

French Billionaire Bernard Arnault, Tax Havens, and a New 500-Million-Euro Megayacht

How the GOP’s Fraud Crackdown Could Impact the Midterms

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