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Bombing banks and targeting financial infrastructure in cyber attacks is increasingly normalized in the fight against terrorist financing.
Tornado Cash
In light of the court's "incorrect" interpretation of money transmission laws, the jury must be instructed to find that Storm knew his conduct was unlawful, Paradigm argues.
This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. “Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against
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This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or
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This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” – Universal Declaration
Tornado Cash
"You haven't persuaded me that the custody issue is as important as you say," judge Failla stated, opining that senior FinCEN employee's views were non-exculpatory.
Tornado Cash
SDNY is abandoning the theory that Tornado Cash was a financial institution, causing debate over remaining charges
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This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation between The Rage and the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. "If I had a world of my own," says Alice, "everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it
In a proposed "security package", the German Government aims to expand the surveillance capabilities of the German Federal Police (BKA) of bank accounts subject to suspicious activity and transaction reports.
The German Interior Ministry dodged questions on government use of chain analysis software and the risks of mixers for the concealment of criminal activity. Suspicious Transaction Reports involving cryptocurrencies appear negligibly low.
The crowdfunding platform Geyser Fund is shutting down projects in conflict zones citing regulatory uncertainty.
The German banking authority BaFin is unaware of "new regulations that came into effect on September 10th", allegedly leading Kraken Germany to halt support for the Lightning Network according to customer service representatives. Kraken issued a correction after publication of this article.
Human Rights in Finance is suing the Dutch Central Bank under Article 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights over failure to enforce protections in light of "potentially criminal" AML data outsourcing program ran by the Netherlands' five largest banks
Human Rights in Finance formally requests a human rights evaluation from the European Commission on the EU's 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, citing privacy infringements and procedural abuse
The German party Die Linke is questioning the German government on the use of blockchain surveillance software and the use of crypto mixers for the identification and prevention of financial crime.
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The EU's 'Going Dark' wants to backdoor encryption, but lacks fundamental data to back up its claims that more surveillance does equal more security.
Lawmakers should be wary of relying on for-profit marketing materials to inform public policy.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime's latest report on South-East Asia makes no sense.
Everything you need to know about the Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash prosecutions as discussed at the MIT Bitcoin Expo.
Announcing the seizure of $200,000 in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to Hamas, CoinDesk publishes long debunked terrorist financing allegations
At the No Money for Terror Conference, FATF, Europol, and German Finance Minister contradict intelligence findings to advocate for total financial surveillance.
Chat Control, the EARN IT Act, and the UK's Apple order - private communication is under siege globally.
Nigeria appears to have swapped Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan for US "resources and expertise" to fight illicit finance in a secret deal with the State Department.
According to a lawsuit, the Swiss banking authority FinMa has abused its authority by secretly instructing SROs to implement monthly 1000 CHF no-KYC limits.
...but won't say by how much
This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or
This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” – Universal Declaration
This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation between The Rage and the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl. "If I had a world of my own," says Alice, "everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it
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Because FinCEN just gave their opinion, bro
A recent filing suggests that Samourai Wallet prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence, revealing that FinCEN told SDNY that the developers likely did not need an MSB license.
The "Sovereign District of New York" could drop the charges today, if they wanted to.
In a hearing in downtown Manhattan today, a slew of new hearing dates were set in the criminal trial of Samourai Wallet co-creators Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. The cofounders were charged in April of 2024 with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to run an unlicensed money
* The next hearing in the Samourai Wallet case is postponed until March 12th, 2025 in light of volume of discovery * The prosecution has added two additional batches of discovery since the last hearing in September * The trial date is set for November 3rd, 2025 According to a memo endorsement filed
Keonne Rodriguez has been denied a freedom of movement request due to alleged flight plans. The defense cited that Rodriguez had not fled after detecting law enforcement attempted to access overseas Samourai-related servers in March of 2024. The next hearing is set for December 17th.
According to a letter dated July 3rd, the US Government and William Lonergan Hill, known as TDev, have agreed to a release on bail. Hill is set to appear before court in three days.
"You haven't persuaded me that the custody issue is as important as you say," judge Failla stated, opining that senior FinCEN employee's views were non-exculpatory.
SDNY is abandoning the theory that Tornado Cash was a financial institution, causing debate over remaining charges
The Treasury attempted to retain the power to re-list Tornado Cash on OFAC's sanctions list after revoking sanctions on the software last month.
The jury trial against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm is postponed to July 14th in light of discussions on pretrial disclosures.
The Treasury has filed a notice to stop a Texas district court from issuing a final judgement on Tornado Cash's sanctions reversal, attempting to retain powers to list software like Tornado Cash on OFAC's SDN list.
The Treasury has issued a warning that US persons should "exercise caution" before engaging with services like Tornado Cash amidst the software's removal from OFAC's SDN list.
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm his petitioning the Supreme Court to stop an order that would make him disclose his defense strategy to the Government.
The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed an amicus brief in the defense of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, citing the criminalization of privacy and the prosecution's chilling effects on free speech.
The US Government has filed its opposition to Tornado Cash's motion to reconsider the dismissal of criminal charges against the developers.
A New Jersey District Court has dismissed unlicensed money transmission charges in response to last month's Blanche memo. It's not the only one.
The judge assigned to Roman Storm's case has come to drastically different conclusions on what constitutes control in her dismissal of a case against Uniswap.
The Deputy Attorney General has asked the DOJ to stop targeting developers for the conduct of their users. But the issued memo appears to deliberately leave the door wide open to do exactly that.
The jury trial against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm is postponed to July 14th in light of discussions on pretrial disclosures.
ICERAID promises users rewards in cryptocurrency to report immigrants to law enforcement. The project claims to be in talks with the White House, but investors already want their money back.
Announcing the seizure of $200,000 in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to Hamas, CoinDesk publishes long debunked terrorist financing allegations
The Treasury has filed a notice to stop a Texas district court from issuing a final judgement on Tornado Cash's sanctions reversal, attempting to retain powers to list software like Tornado Cash on OFAC's SDN list.
Celsius Network, led by debtors, is suing Chainalysis for 'propping up' a fraudulent $3.3 Billion audit of the platform that misled customers and investors.
WaPo reports that the IRS will share tax information with ICE and DHS to aid the agencies in deportations, marking the second major increase in financial surveillance under the Trump administration in just a few weeks.
The Rage is an independent publication covering financial surveillance. Privacy is not a crime.
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The Government has "affirmatively misled the court" on the application of FinCEN guidance, Tornado Cash developer's defense states in new motion.
Roman Sterlingov's case goes to appeal on June 16th.
Last week, SDNY claimed it hadn't violated Brady by failing to disclose exculpatory evidence. The defense disagrees.
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Because FinCEN just gave their opinion, bro
A New Jersey District Court has dismissed unlicensed money transmission charges in response to last month's Blanche memo. It's not the only one.
A recent filing suggests that Samourai Wallet prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence, revealing that FinCEN told SDNY that the developers likely did not need an MSB license.
Rage Weekly is a weekly linkdump bringing the best content on financial surveillance and beyond directly to your inbox. Subscribe for free or read all issues online.
The "Sovereign District of New York" could drop the charges today, if they wanted to.
Lawmakers should be wary of relying on for-profit marketing materials to inform public policy.
