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Examining the burdens, costs, and failures of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and the potentially disastrous implications of applying the BSA to DeFi.

Please click here to access a PDF version of this article Introduction On February 5, 2025, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing...

Feb 2516 min read

Announcement in SEC v. Coinbase Litigation What happened? Coinbase announced that it reached an agreement with the Securities and...

Feb 245 min read

Here’s what the DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has been up to in January 2025. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about a...

Feb 215 min read

DEF Authors New Paper Exploring Samourai Wallet & Money Transmitters Last week, DEF published a paper entitled “Prosecuting Privacy:...

Feb 189 min read

The DOJ’s case against Samourai Wallet’s founders surfaces critical questions about how financial regulations apply to privacy-enhancing...

Feb 131 min read

Congress Holds Flurry of Crypto Debanking Hearings What happened? Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Debanking On February 5th, the...

Feb 1010 min read

This post originally appeared on a16zcrypto.com as part of a package of crypto policy views: Making the U.S. the crypto capital: What...

Feb 76 min read

Senator Lummis Submits Amicus Brief in SEC v. Coinbase Appeal What happened? On January 24th, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) filed an...

Feb 34 min read

Trump Administration Assumes Office; Issues Executive Order on Digital Assets What happened? Last week, newly-inaugurated President...

Jan 276 min read

The DeFi Education Fund (“DEF”) is thrilled to announce that Jennifer Rosenthal has joined DEF as Chief Communications Officer and will...

Jan 271 min read