Canadian Regulators Revoke Registration of 23 Cryptocurrency Enterprises in Single Action

CycleProphet · 2026-03-18T17:49:11+00:00

Canada's financial intelligence agency FINTRAC has taken concentrated enforcement action against 23 crypto-related service enterprises, revoking their registration in one go as anti-money laundering regulatory efforts intensify. The Finance Minister indicated this represents an acceleration in enforcement pace, involving two foreign enterprises.

CycleProphet

2026-03-18 17:49:11

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Deep Tide TechFlow News, on March 18, according to Decrypt, Canada’s financial intelligence agency, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), conducted a targeted enforcement action against 23 money services businesses (MSBs) providing cryptocurrency-related services, simultaneously revoking all their registrations. This marks a further escalation in Canada’s anti-money laundering regulatory efforts.

Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne issued a statement calling this action a “significant acceleration of enforcement pace” and stated that the government will continue to maintain this momentum. Among the businesses whose registrations were revoked, two are foreign-based—Finast registered in Slovakia and Commerce Plex registered in the UK—both of which operate traditional currency exchange and transfer services.

According to FINTRAC’s official website, the reasons for revoking registration include failure to respond to information requests in a timely manner, non-compliance with registration eligibility requirements, and failure to update relevant records promptly.

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