Samourai Co-Founder Writes From Prison After Surrender: ‘Confusing And Unnatural’

Keonne Rodriguez, a co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, began serving a five-year sentence and wrote a letter from inside a US federal prison on Christmas Eve. Related Reading: Crypto’s High-Stakes Corner Booms As Derivatives Trading Soars To $86 Trillion The letter, shared publicly, offers a short, personal account of intake procedures, the […]

Crypto Faces PATRIOT Act Crackdown—Treasury Targets Mixers And DeFi

The US government is preparing to bring sweeping anti-money laundering powers from the PATRIOT Act into the crypto sector, in a move that could reshape the boundaries of privacy, compliance, and innovation. According to reporting by The Rage, the Treasury Department is seeking to apply Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act—often described as one […]

Ethereum Foundation Supports Tornado Cash Co-Founder’s Upcoming Appeal With $500,000 Donation

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has pledged to donate up to $500,000 to Tornado Cash’s co-founder, Roman Storm, to support his ongoing legal defense. This follows the recent trial verdict that found Storm guilty of one of three charges. Related Reading: Crypto Industry Split Between Congress’s Versions Of Market Structure Bill – Here’s Why Ethereum Foundation […]