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Coin Center Fellow Michael Lewellen is suing the DOJ over their criminalization of software development.

Today Coin Center Fellow and smart contract security expert Michael Lewellen filed suit against the Department of Justice for their chilling interpretation of the unlicensed money transmission criminal statutes. Coin...

New CFPB rulemaking makes no distinction between custodial and self-custody wallets

Today the CFPB released a new notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on “Electronic Fund Transfers Through Accounts Established Primarily for Personal, Family, or Household Purposes Using Emerging Payment Mechanisms.” In...

The IRS’ midnight broker rule still targets software providers with unfit and unconstitutional KYC requirements

It has become a quadrennial holiday tradition in crypto policy for the outgoing administration to release a civil-liberties-damaging rulemaking at the last possible moment, the midnight period before a new...

Coin Center’s Top Policy Priorities for 2025

Recently we published our analysis of the changing crypto policy landscape following the elections. Now we’d like to offer you a list of our top outstanding policy issues and potential...

Coin Center’s Analysis of the Crypto Policy Landscape Following the Elections

Crypto got a lot of attention in the recent election, and many are wondering how friendly the new administration and Congress will be. In a nutshell, we expect things to...

Analysis: The disappointing denial of Tornado dev’s motion to dismiss

Recently Judge Katherine Polk Failla offered her reasons for denying a motion to dismiss the charges against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm. Storm has been charged in the Southern District...

Two victories in our fight against unconstitutional financial surveillance.

Today we’re happy to share two incremental but important victories in our fight to protect the rights of cryptocurrency developers and users. First, Coin Center has won an important appeal...

What the heck happened last week? SEC Broker Enforcement, Treasury Broker Rule, and SCOTUS Broke Chevron.

It’s an unfortunate habit, but federal agencies tend to announce enforcement actions and rulemakings at the end of the day on Fridays, especially Fridays before a holiday. For crypto, last...

Senate Attaches Controversial Crypto Sanctions Bill to Must-Pass Intelligence Legislation

A version of the Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (TFPA) has been attached to a must-pass intelligence authorization bill in the Senate. We have not written about the TFPA before because,...

DOJ’s New Stance on Crypto Wallets is a Threat to Liberty and the Rule of Law

It has been the clear and consistent policy of the U.S. government since at least 2013 that cryptocurrency wallet developers and the users of those wallets are not money transmitters....

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