"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.
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SDNY is abandoning the theory that Tornado Cash was a financial institution, causing debate over remaining charges
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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.
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Last week, SDNY claimed it hadn't violated Brady by failing to disclose exculpatory evidence. The defense disagrees.
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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.
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
GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre's annual report contradicts the NCA's findings of cryptocurrencies and end-to-end encryption as a major threat to national security.
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Last week, SDNY claimed it hadn't violated Brady by failing to disclose exculpatory evidence. The defense disagrees.
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.
The "Sovereign District of New York" could drop the charges today, if they wanted to.
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 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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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 UN Office on Drugs and Crime's latest report on South-East Asia makes no sense.
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