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Regulating cryptocurrency for anti-money laundering purposes, building an unprecedentedly robust financial embargo against Russia and crafting a federal beneficial-ownership framework ranked among the Treasury Department's top objectives under President Joe Biden. As acting director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN, from August 2021 to September 2023, Himamauli Das had a critical role in helping the department meet those objectives despite concerns that his technically temporary status at the helm of the bureau undermined his mission. Das, now senior managing director and counsel for K2 Integrity, an anti-money laundering and sanctions-compliance consultancy in Washington, D.C., discussed his...