READOUT: Treasury Roundtable on Domestic Violent Extremist Use of Virtual Currency and Launch of DVE Financing Resource Page

WASHINGTON - Today, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Joshua Geltzer hosted a roundtable at the U.S. Department of the Treasury with public and private sector participants on the use of virtual assets by Domestic Violent Extremists (DVEs) and foreign Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists (RMVEs).As noted in the 2022 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment, foreign-based RMVE groups and some DVEs have sought to facilitate their illicit activities by soliciting or transferring funds in virtual assets or expressed interest in using virtual assets to move funds pseudonymously.The roundtable discussions focused on how DVEs and foreign RMVEs have raised, moved, or used funds using virtual assets and some of the challenges in identifying and reporting misuse of virtual assets by these groups, along with potential opportunities for collaboration.In parallel with today’s engagement and to support Treasury’s implementation of