South Africa’s Treasury and central bank are moving towards regulating the use of cryptocurrency for cross-border transactions.

The National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) released a draft rulebook on Monday that proposes that sending crypto offshore must be conducted through an authorized provider and reported to the central bank’s Financial Surveillance Department (FinSurv).

“The proposed regulatory measures seek to minimize the risk of regulatory arbitrage between regulated entities conducting cross-border activities, and to enhance the ability of the Financial Surveillance Department (FinSurv) to detect, deter and disrupt illicit financial flows,” Treasury and the Reserve Bank said in a joint statement.

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