US Congressman Tom Emmer Writes Letter to US Treasury in Defense of Ethereum Privacy Tool 'Tornado Cash'

Coin Center anticipates good policy in areas of securities and banking regulation, while "the outlook is less certain in the anti-money laundering, tax reporting, and sanctions areas."

Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has announced his intention to resign on January 20, 2025, according to a statement released on Thursday.

A dual Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison and forced to "pay a forfeiture money judgment" of around $395.5 million for his alleged operation of the "longest-running bitcoin money laundering service on the darknet."

OP_NEXT is a technical and workshop-heavy conference exploring Bitcoin softforks. It takes place at the Fidelity Center For Applied Technology in Boston, MA.