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Yesterday, The CLARITY Act passed through the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees. The language in the bill that protects noncustodial tools and services and their developers was preserved in the process - a big win for transactional privacy.

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The CLARITY Act Heads To House Floor For Vote With Protection For Noncustodial Tools Intact

The section of the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) that protects Bitcoin and crypto users’ right to use noncustodial wallets as well as developers’ rig...

“Privacy in and of itself is not illegal. Americans have a right to it in their financial transactions. And so there’s totally legitimate uses of privacy-preserving technologies.” -Rep. Bryan Steil

This is good.

Chances are, New York City won’t be issuing #BitBonds any time soon.

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New York City Won’t Be Issuing BitBonds Anytime Soon

At Bitcoin 2025, NYC mayor, Eric Adams, proclaimed that he’s going to push to issue a BitBond, but judging by his past inaction on Bitcoin as wel...

🚨 NEW: Here’s an important segment from The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (ANS) for the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), which was posted this evening. “…a non-controlling blockchain developer or provider of a blockchain service shall not be treated as a money transmitter or as engaged in ‘money transmitting’…”

🚨 NEW: The Blockchain Association and The DeFi Education Fund have published a joint amicus brief in support of the Samourai Wallet defendants’ motion to dismiss the charges. The orgs would have submitted the document (linked below) to the court, but the Judge denied the defendants’ motion to allow amicus brief.

Talking OP_RETURN Limits at @PUBKEY with @arbedout, Antoine Poinsot, and @npub1tq99...kten. Megabrains talking megabrain stuff. I’m just trying to keep up.

It's time to support the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA). The bill protects the developers of #noncustodial #Bitcoin services and tech. Here’s how you can help:

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Support The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) To Protect Noncustodial Services

Call your local elected officials and tell them to support the BRCA, which protects developers of noncustodial technology as well as a variety of s...

"Today's blockchain developers face legal consequences for how users misuse their open-source noncustodial tools — preventing prosecutorial overreach is critical for Americans in the digital economy." -Rep. Tom Emmer in hearing on The CLARITY Act