Wasabi Wallet-Developer Blocks U.S. Citizens and Residents After Samourai Wallet Arrests
[Apr 29, 2024 2:36 AM] U.S citizens residing abroad are also banned from using the service
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FBI Warns Against Using Unregistered Cryptocurrency Money Transmitting Services
[Apr 27, 2024 11:36 PM] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about using unregistered cryptocurrency money transmitting services that fail to comply with U.S. anti-money laundering laws. The agency has provided tips for the public to protect…
DOJ Counters Motion to Dismiss Charges Against Tornado Cash Developer
[Apr 27, 2024 5:31 PM] In a notable development, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has countered a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Roman Semenov, a developer of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash, highlighting the alleged strength of its…
Zksnacks Bars US Users from Wasabi Wallet in Wake of Samourai Indictment
[Apr 27, 2024 4:08 PM] In a decisive move, Zksnacks announced on Saturday that it will block all U.S. residents and citizens from accessing its bitcoin mixer, Wasabi Wallet. This policy change comes as U.S. authorities intensify their crackdown on unregulated crypto…
Crypto Community Loses OXT Analysis Tool Amid Legal Troubles for Samourai Wallet
[Apr 27, 2024 2:22 PM] After the Samourai Wallet indictment, the cryptocurrency community discovered that the Bitcoin blockchain analysis platform OXT is no longer operational, as it was acquired by the Samourai team in December 2017. On April 25, Laurentmt, a co-founder…
Acinq to Withdraw Phoenix Wallet From US Markets Amid Regulatory Concerns
[Apr 26, 2024 3:10 PM] On Friday, April 26, Acinq announced that its Lightning Network bitcoin wallet, Phoenix, will cease services for U.S. residents from May 3, 2024. This announcement followed closely on the heels of the Samourai Wallet indictment and what is…
FBI Warns Americans Against Using Non-KYC Crypto Money Transmitting Services
[Apr 25, 2024 2:22 PM] The FBI has issued a public service announcement today, warning Americans against using unregistered and non-Know Your Customer (KYC) cryptocurrency money transmitting services.JUST IN: 
FBI warns Americans against using non-KYC #Bitcoin and…
FBI warns Americans against using non-KYC #Bitcoin and… A Further Crackdown On Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists
[Apr 25, 2024 10:43 AM] Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet that also serves as a mixer, with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money…
Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters
[Apr 25, 2024 9:45 AM] An announcement was put out today by the Justice Department that Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill had been arrested and charged with operating Samourai Wallet, “an unlicensed money transmitting business” that executed “unlawful transactions.”Fuck
Samourai Wallet Charges Raise Existential Questions for Privacy Tech
[Apr 25, 2024 9:26 AM] Co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are charged with money laundering related to the privacy-protecting wallet.
Edward Snowden Defends Crypto Privacy, Criticizes DOJ for Samourai Wallet Arrests
[Apr 24, 2024 10:09 PM] Edward Snowden criticized the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for targeting app developers aimed at restoring financial privacy, responding to the arrest of the founders and CEO of cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet on charges related…
The State Of Things: Open Source Developers Arrested For Writing Code
[Apr 24, 2024 3:05 PM] In light of the charges brought against Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill for their alleged operation of Samourai Wallet, I believe it is important for Bitcoiners to assess the current state of things. Too much of the discourse in Bitcoin…
Bitcoin Mixing Service Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested, Charged With Money Laundering
[Apr 24, 2024 2:04 PM] In a significant development, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, founders and CEO of the privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet and mixer, Samourai Wallet, have been arrested and charged with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money…
US Authorities Charge Founders of Bitcoin Mixer Samourai Wallet for Laundering Over $100 Million
[Apr 24, 2024 1:34 PM] The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted the founders of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez, and William Lonergan Hill, on charges of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and laundering over $100 million through illicit…
Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested and Charged With Money Laundering
[Apr 24, 2024 1:10 PM] Federal prosecutors charges Samurai Wallet founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill with conspiracy to commit money laundering on Wednesday, as the U.S. government continues its approach to prosecuting crypto mixing tools that may be…
How To Keep Your Bitcoin Safe When You Have to Flee Your home
[Apr 23, 2024 9:30 AM] The world is becoming an increasingly unstable place politically and economically speaking. Many people all over the world are currently living somewhere presenting serious risks to their livelihood and well being, everything from totalitarian and…
Samourai Wallet, Strike and Others Ask FinCEN to Withdraw Proposed Rules Tied to Crypto Mixing
[Jan 25, 2024 4:30 AM] Samourai Wallet, River, Strike, Swan, and other companies in the cryptocurrency space have sent a letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), commenting on the proposed rules over mixing transactions introduced in October. These…
Samourai Wallet Response To FinCEN Proposed Rules For Bitcoin Mixing
[Jan 24, 2024 11:00 AM] On October 23, 2023 we asked our attorney, Rafael Yakobi of The Crypto Lawyers to assemble an expert legal team to respond to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and FinCEN’s proposed rules that would seriously harm your privacy by effectively…
Samourai Wallet Calls out Ocean Pool for Censoring Whirlpool Privacy Transactions
[Dec 8, 2023 7:00 AM] Samourai, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, revealed the changes in the recent Bitcoin Knots software used by Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool, censor Whirlpool transactions, a kind of coinjoin operation. The wallet explained that Ocean is pursuing a…
Samourai Wallet Helps Produce Documentary on Cody Wilson’s 3D Firearm Legacy
[Oct 14, 2023 2:30 AM] A new documentary delving into 3D firearm printing and Defense Distributed’s Cody Wilson is set to release. Directed by Jessica Solce and produced by Encode Productions and the Samourai Wallet team, the film will digitally debut on October…
Revolutionizing Bitcoin Privacy: Samourai Wallet Unveils BTC to XMR Atomic Swaps
[Aug 14, 2023 11:30 AM] In a pioneering move, Samourai, the privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, has revealed a BTC to XMR atomic swap feature aimed at revolutionizing onchain privacy in Bitcoin. Addressing the widespread issue of tainted change, also known as leftover unspent…
Trezor Enables Coinjoin for Trezor T Model to Bolster a ‘New Era of Privacy’
[Apr 19, 2023 11:30 PM] According to Trezor, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer, owners of the Trezor T model can now use a Coinjoin feature to preserve their privacy. Trezor had announced the Coinjoin feature’s impending arrival on the hardware wallet seven…