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Robinhood Wells Notice; House Hearing on SEC Enforcement; Mixer Legislation

Robinhood Wells Notice What happened? On May 4, Robinhood Crypto (“RHC”) received a Wells notice from the Staff of the Securities and...

The War on Privacy Continues; Another Crypto Letter from Senator Warren

The War on Privacy Continues Tornado Cash On April 26, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its opposition to Roman Storm’s pretrial...

The Industry Continues Its Offensive Against the SEC; SEC Pushes Out Attorneys from Botched Debt Box Action

The Industry Continues Its Offensive Against the SEC Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas Challenge “Dealer”...

Lummis & Gillibrand Release Stablecoin Legislation; Warren Pivots to Stablecoins in Anti-Crypto Campaign

Lummis & Gillibrand Release Stablecoin Legislation What happened? Last Tuesday, Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand...

DEF Submits Amicus Brief in Tornado Cash Case; Uniswap Receives Wells Notice from the SEC; Deputy Secretary Adeyemo Testifies Before Congress

DEF Submits Amicus Brief in Tornado Cash Case What happened? In August of last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Roman...

Examining the Reality of Hamas’ Funding

On Tuesday, Adewale Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Treasury, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,...

DEF’s March Recap

Here’s what the DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has been up to in March 2024. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about a...

Commissioner Peirce’s Remarks at SEC Speaks; Tornado Cash Developer Case Update

Commissioner Peirce’s Remarks at SEC Speaks What happened? Last Tuesday, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester...

DEF and Beba Sue the SEC; Legal Actions Against KuCoin; Update in SEC v. Coinbase; New EU AML Regulation does not Ban Self-Custody

DEF and Beba Sue the SEC What happened? Last Monday, DEF and Beba, an apparel company, sued the SEC. Beba airdropped $BEBA tokens as part...

Win or Lose on the SEC’s Cases Against Major Exchanges: We Should Not FUD

The partial denial of Coinbase’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and the default judgment issued in SEC v. Wahi have rightly...