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🚨NEW: ROMAN STORM FILES MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL ON ALL COUNTS The Government failed to provide sufficient evidence of illegal conduct and would criminalize the publication of decentralized software in violation of the first amendment. Full story👇

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Roman Storm Files Motion For Acquittal On All Counts

The Government would criminalize the publication of decentralized software in violation of the first amendment, the defense argues.

🚨LEAKED: LUKE DASHJR PLANS HARDFORK TO "SAVE BITCOIN" Text messages show the Knots maintainer is considering a hardfork to implement a trusted multisig committee that can retrospectively alter the blockchain to remove illicit content. We included screenshots of all relevant messages we received for you to verify what Luke proposes for yourself. Full story👇

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LEAKED: Luke Dashjr Plans Hardfork To “Save Bitcoin”

Text messages shared with The Rage show that the Knots maintainer is considering a hardfork to implement a trusted multisig committee that can retr...

🚨SCOOP: It appears that the US Government has made no progress on the establishment of a Strategic Reserve, FOIA response reveals Full story👇

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New FOIA Response Reveals No Progress On Strategic Reserve

In response to a Freedom of Information Request filed by The Rage, the Treasury discloses that it has still not received reports on agency authorit...

📢 "Pro-Bitcoin" Senator Lummis tells Semafor she no longer supports unrestricted First Amendment

🚨NEW: CANADA SEIZES $56M IN CUSTOMER FUNDS WITHOUT CHARGES Authorities have "reason to believe" that TradeOgre funds stem from illicit activity, as no-KYC services are a "common tactic" to launder money. No charges have been filed.

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Canada Seizes $56M In Customer Funds Without Charges

Authorities have "reason to believe" that TradeOgre funds stem from illicit activity. The investigation remains ongoing.

🚨NEW: DID CANADA JUST ROB AN OG EXCHANGE OF $32,000,000? The crypto exchange TradeOgre has been drained for Millions of Dollars. An op_return transaction claims that the funds are now in custody of the Canadian Government. Full story👇

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Did Canada Just Rob An OG Exchange Of $32,000,000?

The crypto exchange TradeOgre has been drained for Millions of Dollars. An op_return transaction claims that the funds are now in custody of the Ca...

🚨SCOOP: US GOVERNMENT TO BRING PATRIOT ACT TO DIGITAL ASSETS FinCEN Director reveals Treasury is finalizing ban on privacy tools, Representatives revive Special Measures to Fight Modern Threats Act Full story👇

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US Government To Bring PATRIOT Act to Digital Assets

FinCEN Director reveals that the Treasury is finalizing a ban on privacy tools, Representatives revive Special Measures to Fight Modern Threats Act

🚨NEW: The Treasury is working on reforming the Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN Director states Full story👇

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Treasury Working on BSA Reform, FinCEN Director Says

While she has no idea how many BSA reports have led to arrests, reevaluating the BSA to improve efficiency is a "key objective for this administrat...

🚨JUST IN: FATF, UN, and Interpol call on Governments to strengthen partnerships with blockchain analytics firms

🚨JUST IN: Chainalysis Global Crypto Adoption Report removes DeFi as standalone category DeFi described as "niche behavior" with "much smaller share of overall user activity" compared to centralized platforms

🔴 Financial Crime Detection startup IVIX, founded by Matan Fattal, a former member of Israel's notorious military intelligence Unit 8200, and Doron Passov, a former member of the IDF's secretive Unit 81 tasked with building custom espionage software, raises $60M Series B IVIX "scans the web for signs of illicit financial activity," collecting data "using scrapers powered by large language models" sourced from "blockchains, short-term rental platforms, e-commerce marketplaces and other sources." IVIX has developed software for the Government of Canada and the State of California. IVIX claims that it can identify entities behind illicit activity "with 99% accuracy."

🚨NEW: DeFi Education Fund gathers largest industry coalition to protect developers Over 100 signatories state that they will not support a market structure bill that does not include protections for non-custodial services. Fully story👇

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DeFi Education Fund Gathers Largest Industry Coalition To Protect Developers

Over 100 industry signatories will not support a market structure bill that does not include protections for non-custodial services.

🚨NEW: The Treasury is seeking comments on the implementation of digital identities for DeFi, where smart contracts could automatically check for a credential before executing a user's transaction. Full story👇

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Treasury Seeks Comments On Digital Identity Verification For "DeFi"

Smart contracts could automatically check for a credential before executing a user's transaction, the Treasury says.

🚨NEW: Economists at the Bank of International Settlements propose banning any coin that has passed through a no-KYC wallet from regulated services to enable a culture of self-policing Full Story 👇

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Bank of International Settlements Paper Proposes Self-KYC For Non-Custodial Wallets

The economists argue that the exclusion of any coin that has ever passed through a no-KYC wallet would enable a culture of self-policing.

Treasury Secretary Bessent claimed yesterday that the US Government holds between $15-20 Billion in bitcoin to build the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Where did Bessent find 140,000 BTC? Full Story👇

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Bitcoin Reserve: Where Did Bessent Find 140,000 BTC?

Treasury Secretary Bessent has claimed that the US Government holds between $15-20 Billion in BTC. But the Government's bitcoin holdings have still...

🚨 UPDATE: Google has clarified that non-custodial wallets are not meant to be in scope of its Play Store policy in response to our reporting. The policy will be revised accordingly.

🚨 New Google Play Store policy forces AML/KYC on non-custodial wallets in the US, effectively bans non-custodial wallet developers from Play Store in EU Full Story👇

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Google Play Store Bans Wallets That Don't Have Banking License

New Google Play Store policy now requires FinCEN registration, state banking license, or MiCA license for non-custodial wallets.

🚨JUST IN: Parties in US v. Storm ask for exclusion of time on post-trial motions to decide whether prosecution will retry charges Potential motion to retry convicted charge possible

Ethereum Core developer Federico Carrone was arrested at passport controls in Turkey over his contributions to a paper that assessed privacy on Ethereum and Tornado Cash. Full story 👇

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Developer Arrested Over Tornado Cash Research

Ethereum Core developer Federico Carrone was arrested at passport controls in Turkey over his contributions to a paper that assessed privacy on Eth...