For decades, America has relied on an identity verification system that is costly, intrusive, and ineffective. It fails to stop serious crime, while burdening ordinary people with endless paperwork and...
Financial institutions today are burdened by identity verification frameworks that are simultaneously costly, privacy-invasive, and ineffective at deterring illicit finance. Despite vast surveillance systems built on the foundation of the...
We’re six months into the new administration and the 119th Congress. So much has happened that it’s difficult to keep it all straight. For clarity, here are the big news...
This week, Representatives Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) reintroduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA)—a bipartisan bill that offers essential clarity for developers, miners, stakers, and...
Recently we published our analysis of the changing crypto policy landscape following the elections. Now we’d like to offer you a list of our top outstanding policy issues and potential...
Recently Judge Katherine Polk Failla offered her reasons for denying a motion to dismiss the charges against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm. Storm has been charged in the Southern District...
The bipartisan Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, introduced today by Sens. Warren and Marshall, is the most direct attack on the personal freedom and privacy of cryptocurrency users and developers...
Peter Van Valkenburgh gave a lecture on privacy and surveillance law for U.C. Berkeley’s Decentralized Finance MOOC with a focus on the constitutionality of 6050I reporting and the OFAC sanctions against Tornado...