Binance Halts MEXC Transfers as FinCEN Cuts Exchange Off From US Financial System
The exchange will reject withdrawals to MEXC and hold deposits from it for review, after FinCEN tied it to $16 billion in suspicious flows.
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FinCEN is showing up inside the Market Structure theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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