IRS To Share Tax Data With ICE, DHS For Deportations

WaPo reports that the IRS will share tax information with ICE and DHS to aid the agencies in deportations, marking the second major increase in financial surveillance under the Trump administration in just a few weeks.

Tornado Cash Officially Removed From Sanctions List, Treasury Issues Warning

The Treasury has issued a warning that US persons should "exercise caution" before engaging with services like Tornado Cash amidst the software's removal from OFAC's SDN list.

Samourai Wallet Hearing Sets Key Dates For Criminal Trial

In a hearing in downtown Manhattan today, a slew of new hearing dates were set in the criminal trial of Samourai Wallet co-creators Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. The cofounders were charged in April of 2024 with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to run an unlicensed money

GOP Vote To Remove Debanking Oversight After Promising To Fight Debanking

Viral discussions on Operation Chokepoint 2.0 had the potential to reform a broken financial system. Instead, it birthed a disinformation campaign designed to save big tech from enforcement action while selling out consumers.

First Digital Asset Hearing: Self-Custodial Wallets Are Hamas

At the first Digital Assets Subcommittee hearing, terrorist financing, KYC requirements and sanctions compliance loomed over possible stablecoin regulation.

Saylor Advises SEC: Bitcoin Not "Digital Currency"

In a meeting with the Crypto Task Force, Michael Saylor proposes a regulatory framework that mainly benefits Michael Saylor.

Anonymous Crypto "Main Question" At CFT Conference

At the No Money for Terror Conference, FATF, Europol, and German Finance Minister contradict intelligence findings to advocate for total financial surveillance.

Encryption Is Under Siege

Chat Control, the EARN IT Act, and the UK's Apple order - private communication is under siege globally.

The Cost Of Gambaryan

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.

Roman Storm Petitions Supreme Court

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm his petitioning the Supreme Court to stop an order that would make him disclose his defense strategy to the Government.

Leaked Email: FinMa Abused Authority To Implement New KYC Rule

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.

EFF Joins Roman Storm Defense

The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed an amicus brief in the defense of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, citing the criminalization of privacy and the prosecution's chilling effects on free speech.