In a letter to the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the defense in the Samourai Wallet case illustrate why a hearing on the prosecution’s withholding key information in the case is in order.
The prosecutors in the Samourai Wallet case have stated that they did not violate any legal norms in only recently sharing key details of a discussion that they had with members of FinCEN in August 2023 and push to move forward with the case.
On May 28, Vice President Vance will become the first sitting vice president in the history of the United States to publicly voice his support for Bitcoin as he addresses the audience at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas — the world’s largest Bitcoin gathering.
The Surinamese political candidate has projected an image of herself as a successful businesswoman running as a pro-Bitcoin presidential candidate to the international Bitcoin community, but those who’ve interacted with her on the ground — or those who’ve obtained reported government intel on her — tell a different story.
Secretary Lutnick encourages Bitcoin businesses to set up shop in the United States, as he claims that the Trump administration is doing everything in its power to welcome such companies to the U.S. in the wake of the Biden administration’s hostile treatment of them.
This week, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called for an end to targeting crypto mixers, while New York Attorney General Letitia James called for a further crackdown on them.
As a former U.S. regulator, Massad believes that a balance must be found between user privacy and the government’s ability to monitor for illicit activity when it comes to digital assets.
