Virtual currency exchange CoinList Markets agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle allegations from the Treasury Departmentโ€™s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that it violated U.S. sanctions by processing transactions for customers located in the Crimea region of Ukraine.

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