# 2025-15697: Uncle Sam Wants Your Crypto Crime-Busting Brainstorm Ideas

2025-15697, Request for Comment on Innovative Methods To Detect Illicit Activity Involving Digital Assets, is a Federal Register notice from Treasury Department published 2025-08-18, effective N/A (Notice requesting public comment; no effective date provided) (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15697
- Title: Request for Comment on Innovative Methods To Detect Illicit Activity Involving Digital Assets
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Treasury Department
- Citation: 90 FR 40148
- Published: 2025-08-18
- Effective: N/A (Notice requesting public comment; no effective date provided)
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Uncle Sam Wants Your Crypto Crime-Busting Brainstorm Ideas

## Summary

The U.S. Treasury wants your ideas on cool new ways to spot and stop illegal activities using digital money like cryptocurrencies. This is part of a law called the GENIUS Act and supports the government's plan to help digital money grow safely. If you’re into digital assets, now’s the time to share your thoughts—your input could shape future rules and protections!

## Abstract

The U.S. Department of the Treasury invites interested members of the public to provide input on the use of innovative or novel methods, techniques, or strategies to detect and mitigate illicit finance risks involving digital assets. This notice fulfills a requirement of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) and supports the Administration's policy of supporting the responsible growth and use of digital assets, as outlined in the January 23, 2025, Executive Order 14178 on "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology."

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-15697 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15697/request-for-comment-on-innovative-methods-to-detect-illicit-activity-involving-digital-assets)
- [2025-15697 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15697.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15697 (as of 2026-06-08).