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The BITCOIN Act of 2024

[Aug 2 4:46 PM] Following the announcement on July 27th at the Bitcoin conference in Nashville, the “Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide” or BITCOIN Act of 2024, introduced by Senator Cynthia Lummis of…

Coinbase Narrows Demand for SEC Chair Gensler's Crypto Messages

[Jul 23 2:57 PM] Coinbase Inc. (COIN) is going after internal chatter at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that may shed light on its pursuit of cryptocurrency exchanges as illegal enterprises – including Chair Gary Gensler's own communications –…

Philippines Charges 2 Russians in $6.2 Million XRP Theft

[Jul 14 7:32 PM] The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two Russian nationals with stealing PHP340 million ($6.2 million) worth of XRP cryptocurrency from a local crypto exchange. The suspects allegedly hacked Coins.ph’s system to commit the…

How Financial Surveillance Threatens Our Democracies: Part 2

[Jul 2 10:58 AM] Undemonstrated Effectiveness and EfficiencyI'm not aware of any study establishing the effectiveness of KYC measures in combating money laundering. And it's not for lack of searching.Conversely, there are numerous studies tending to conclude the…

How Financial Surveillance Threatens Our Democracies: Part 1

[Jul 1 8:30 AM] When they descended into coal mines, miners would take a caged canary with them. The toxic gasses, notably carbon monoxide, that accumulate in these places and pose a deadly risk to miners, would kill the canaries before the miners. This…

Court Dismisses SEC Claim on Secondary Sales of BNB

[Jun 29 4:14 PM] The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed several claims in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s case against Binance and its affiliates. This includes allegations related to secondary BNB sales and…

Ripple Wins Partial Summary Judgment in Securities Lawsuit

[Jun 21 9:10 AM] The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued an order granting in part and denying in part the motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning allegations of securities law violations against Ripple Labs, XRP II…

Unlicensed Crypto Business Leads to Indictments in Utah

[Jun 19 7:32 PM] Two Utah residents have been indicted for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, converting over $2.5 million into cryptocurrency, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The two were arrested over the weekend in Washington…