The Seychelles-based owner of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has agreed to pay nearly $300 million in penaltiesโ€“and cease doing business in the U.S. for two yearsโ€“to settle charges that it failed to properly monitor potential criminal activity on its network.

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