A new bill
that seeks to empower agencies in the United Kingdom to seize and freeze
cryptocurrency in money laundering cases has received the approval of the Parliament’s
upper chamber. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which was first introduced in September last year, entered
one of the final stages towards becoming law today (Tuesday) after it was
passed by the House of Lords.
Progress
with the bill comes days after King Charles III, the UK’s constitutional
monarch, signed into law the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2023. The Act includes provisions to regulate cryptocurrencies