Block faces DOJ AML settlement of about $764M as bitcoin profit falls 50%
CoinDesk and The Defiant report that Jack Dorsey's Block faces a proposed federal anti-money-laundering settlement with the DOJ. The Defiant says the deal in principle is $964 million, reduced to about $764 million by credits for prior regulatory resolutions. Both posts state that Block's quarterly bitcoin gross profit fell 50%, which they attribute primarily to Cash App trading fee cuts.
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- 2 independent sources (CoinDesk, The Defiant), but no primary confirmation
2 independent source groups across 2 posts · evidence score 81/100. How labels work
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What the sources claim
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Block faces a proposed DOJ settlement resolving a federal anti-money-laundering investigation.
“The proposed agreement would resolve a federal anti-money-laundering investigation”
CoinDesk -
The DOJ deal in principle is $964 million, reduced to about $764 million by credits for prior regulatory resolutions.
“Credits for prior regulatory resolutions would reduce the payment to about $764 million”
The Defiant -
Block's quarterly bitcoin gross profit fell 50%, primarily because of Cash App fee cuts. BTC
“lower Cash App trading fees halved Block's quarterly bitcoin gross profit”
CoinDesk -
Bitcoin ecosystem gross profit fell 50%, primarily because of Cash App fee cuts. BTC
“bitcoin ecosystem gross profit fell 50%, primarily because of Cash App fee cuts”
The Defiant
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