US
Districts Dropping Blanche Memo Cases, SDNY Still Won't Comply
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.
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Samourai Wallet
FinCEN To SDNY: Samourai Wallet Did Not Need MSB License
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
Rage Weekly 018: Banning Anonymous All The Things
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Samourai Wallet
SDNY vs. DOJ: Samourai Wallet Caught In Crosshairs
The "Sovereign District of New York" could drop the charges today, if they wanted to.
International
New Elliptic Report: Are "Unhosted Wallets" Really The Problem?
Lawmakers should be wary of relying on for-profit marketing materials to inform public policy.
Tornado Cash
Court Bans Treasury From Sanctioning Tornado Cash
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.
Rage Weekly
Rage Weeky 017: SBF For Treasury 2028
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US
Tornado Cash vs. Uniswap: Who Controls The Code?
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.
International
UN Claims Mining "Powerful Tool" For Money Laundering
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime's latest report on South-East Asia makes no sense.
Rage Weekly
Rage Weekly 016: Palantir's Financial Data Shopping Spree And Other Disasters
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Rage Weekly 015: Free Speech, Digital Identities, and... Cows?
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US
The DOJ Crypto Memo Is Not A Carte Blanche
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.