Türkiye plans to submit new encryption bill to leave FATF "grey list"

According to Turkish Finance Minister, Mohamed Simsek, Turkey plans to submit a bill related to cryptocurrency to the parliament as soon as possible in order to get off the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) "gray list".

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