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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...

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...

Glass Houses and Tornados — Keynote at Devcon SEA

The Tornado Cash sanctions and criminal prosecutions have challenged longstanding assumptions within crypto about the limits of money transmission licensing, money laundering statutes, and sanctions laws. They've also revealed a...

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...

The Parable of Clearville, the Land of Glass Houses

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...

Decoding DeFi: Breaking Down the Future of Decentralized Finance

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ETHBerlin04 Keynote: Are there limits to the reach of US Sanctions laws?

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...

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