When a Representative proposes legislation using words like "integrity", it's usually a good time to look at his own moral compass. On Tuesday, Representative Casten of Illinois introduced the Blockchain Integrity Act, proposing a two year mixer ban – meaning any technology designed to obfuscate the origin
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Congressman Sean Casten has introduced the Blockchain Integrity Act, a proposal which would place a two year ban on financial institutions "handling, using, or transacting with funds routed through digital asset mixers". According to a press release issued by Casten's office, “Digital asset mixers are key
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International
There's assholes, and then there's FATF. The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental body created in 1989 to "combat money laundering and terrorist financing". In its thirty-plus years of existence, FATF has bullied countless countries into exclusionary financial policies. Now it's