Closings in the US v. Storm case are happening now, and Inner City Press is live tweeting. Follow along here:

Plea deals are risk calculations - for both the government and the accused. For the accused, you weigh limiting your downside risk (longer prison sentence) against admitting to something you didn't do. And the government weighs possibility of losing at trial against securing an

Per Inner City Press, sounds like jurors are deadlocked on some charges, but have reached a decision on others — we should hear some verdicts soon.

He was found guilty on the charge that directly contradicts FinCEN's guidance. Unbelievable.

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

A clarion call for the US to protect privacy preserving technologies, embrace encryption and disintermediation, and for citizens to be reawakened to the 4th Amendment's purpose and promise.

Some thoughts on gerrymandering (a thread): 1/ Gerrymandering is nothing new. Heck, it's named after Elbridge Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. So it goes back a ways--and yet we've survived.

The new tariffs this year represent a $200 billion tax increase on American small businesses, writes the U.S. Chamber uschamber.com/tariffs/latest…

Crypto doesn't need regulatory loopholes to win. It just needs the law to recognize facts: 🔹Developers aren’t money transmitters—they don’t control user funds. 🔹DeFi protocols aren’t intermediaries—they don’t custody assets or effects trades. 🔹Network tokens aren’t

What a mess. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/…

Build something people want. Build it with people you like. Pretty much it.

I will be in Boston on August 19. If anyone wants to meet to discuss securities issues, please email [email protected].

Today, I share a mid-year letter explaining the important work that DeFi Education Fund has done since January. I’ve been thinking a lot about DEF's unique position as the only DeFi-focused, nonpartisan nonprofit research & advocacy org at this particular moment in digital asset policy 👇

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Silicon Valley was built on network effects fueled by collaboration. That’s why I’m proud that True Ventures is gathering the ecosystem for connectedstack.ai on September 10 in SF, an invite-only event bringing together the key enterprise AI builders, backers, and buyers.

👨‍💻 1. Lead by example. People — especially kids — follow what you do, not what you say. Watching my father work tirelessly on numerous books and scientific papers showed me and my brother the meaning of dedication and inspired us to work hard too.

Congress may be on recess, but you can never take a break from learning about crypto. The space is constantly evolving and August is a good opportunity to dive deeper into the wide range of digital assets issues in Policy and beyond.

Good reason to make your way to SF on 9/10...

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As noted during GENIUS Act, $USD stables as integral to ForeignPolicy: "Financial innovation, specifically stablecoins, is viewed by Beijing as a promising tool for yuan internationalisation amid the growing influence of U.S. dollar-linked cryptocurrencies in global finance."