1/ Today, DEF & Coin Center are happy to submit an expert opinion to the Dutch court handling Alexey Pertsev’s (Alexey Pertsev) appeal as he undergoes trial in the Netherlands. The brief addresses key technological aspects of the Tornado Cash Protocol as well as privacy-related

This is Coin Center’s case

Coin Center's Jason Somensatto will be testifying tomorrow at 9am in a hearing titled "Making America the Crypto Capital of the World: Ensuring Digital Asset Policy Built for the 21st Century" Watch link and testimony in reply

1/ Yesterday, we at Coin Center submitted comments to the Senate Banking Committee on their digital asset market structure draft. Our message is simple: protect developers, protect speech, and regulate trusted intermediaries - not software.

So it sounds like no verdict on money laundering (gov't could possibly re-prosecute). Guilty on conspiracy to transmit money, and not guilty on conspiracy to evade sanctions. Happy about 1 and 3. The money transmission charge was inappropriate from the start and the way the

The verdict on money transmission also emphasizes the very real threat to crypto developers who are just publishing software and websites. If the government can simply claim you are transmitting (even while contradicting the FinCEN guidance from 2019) juries have little to do but

The Storm verdict shows the very real threat faced by developers like Michael Lewellen. Coin Center supports his lawsuit for declaratory judgement on the question of whether devs can be liable for money transmission. Help us get this law right! coincenter.org/coin-center-fe…

Coin Center’s Seven Takeaways from the Storm Verdict: ▪️ 1. The sole conviction—unlicensed money transmission (18 U.S.C. § 1960)—turns mainly on legal/regulatory interpretation (“does this count as money transmission?”), not jury fact-finding. ▪️ 2. The court, at the

The Tornado Cash verdict is in and Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director at Coin Center, helped me understand its implications. The U.S. is at a crossroads regarding P2P rights, and what happens next will determine whether Bitcoin and crypto will actually flourish here or not.

So much has happened lately; need help keeping track? Coin Center has a half-year review of crypto policymaking from 119th Congress and new Administration. There's good (Congress and SEC), bad (DOJ Tornado/Samourai), and big lingering questions re financial surveillance: