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To End ‘Regulation by Prosecution’ Drop These Three Cases
In 2023 and 2024 the DOJ pursued investigations and brought crypto prosecutions that no one would have expected. They unjustly targeted non-custodial wallet and protocol developers and massively chilled innovation...
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...
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...
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...