L0laL33tz
L0la L33tz

Independent Journalist. Bylines in too many places. "Anonymous Internet Commentator" –US Department of Justice. Writes therage.co

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2024-11-09 17:04:36

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2024-11-08 23:12:49

Roman Sterlingov, the alleged operator of the Bitcoin mixer Bitcoin Fog, has just been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.
The government is now seizing the little Bitcoin he has left (hint hint that's how your strategic bitcoin reserve gets built), while the Billions of Dollars he allegedly made operating Bitcoin Fog continue to remain unaccounted for.
Here's a primer on the wild story of his prosecution and why it shook the chain analysis space – full story coming when more info on the sentencing is available.
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https://www.therage.co/bitcoin-fog-sentencing/

2024-11-08 20:29:32

Copy/Pasting this conversation here since it seems important to understand how exactly a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve will be financed.
Bailey points out that Lummis' Bill notes that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the gov to seize, confiscate, or otherwise impair any property right in the >>>lawfully acquired Bitcoin holdings<<< of any person.
To Lummis, as she lays out in both her amendment to the 24 NDAA and the Responsible Financial Innovation Act I cited in my previous post, lawfully acquired Bitcoin holdings are Bitcoin acquired in adherence to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws and IRS compliance.
Lummis' Bill does not need to authorize the confiscation of Bitcoin as the confiscation of Bitcoin is governed just like the confiscation of any other asset, namely forfeiture law. This is how the government has acquired the Bitcoin it already owns.
Lummis' NDAA amendment plus her introduced Responsible Financial Innovation Act will greatly expand the Bitcoin the government is able to seize by increasing KYC/AML/OFAC requirements, codifying IRS compliance, and outlawing privacy, i.e. "combating anonymous crypto asset transactions."
Bailey also points out that Lummis plans to finance the reserve with the Fed's surplus fund. But the Fed's surplus fund only generates a surplus when the Fed buys securities. When the Fed buys securities, it expands the money supply. When the Fed expands the money supply, it increases inflation. When inflation increases, purchasing power sinks, resulting in an involuntary tax.
The secret ingredient to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve continues to be ✨stealing✨.
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2024-11-08 15:34:04

Hate to be the one to shit on the Parade, but a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve *will* be built through confiscation and taxation.
Here's Senator Cynthia Lummis already hard at work to make it happen:
Cynthia Lummis teamed up with Elizabeth Warren to propose the regulation of Bitcoin under anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws to "combat anonymous crypto asset transactions".
Cynthia Lummis also re-introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act "inspired by Senator Warren", which introduces higher penalties for "crypto asset crimes", regulates "mixers and tumblers", and increases KYC requirements.
For the amount of time Bitcoiners have claimed to be of peculiar intelligence, you are all getting played *incredibly* hard right now.
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2024-11-08 14:51:44

Former presidential advisor Pippa Malmgren on the legalization of Bitcoin:
"If you make crypto and Bitcoin legal [...] you can't hold them anonymously, you have to declare them."
"You're not going to be able to escape the reach of the US Government. [...] And because we're in the data age, you can't have Bitcoin accounts that nobody knows about."
"It's on your phone, its detectable, and again, we've got a government now full of tech bros that know how to read your digital twin incredibly easily."
Legalization always has been a Trojan Horse for censorship.
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2024-11-07 12:46:06

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Probably some SEC stuff but I dont find that particularly interesting

2024-11-06 19:00:50

I wrote a whole fucking article on why miners should brace for the application of sanctions law under a Trump administration but the TLDR is you're all fucking retarded
https://www.therage.co/trump-2025-sanctions-are-good-for-bitcoin-2/

2024-11-06 11:50:32

Very bullish on the next four years making Bitcoin a fully compliant asset, congrats to everyone involved ✨
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2024-10-31 21:42:25

Governments take the security of your financial data very seriously. That's why they use email to send it around the internet. *squints*
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2024-10-31 16:12:19

Never a dull day
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2024-10-25 12:53:29

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How is everyone doing these gifs!!!

2024-10-25 12:50:00

Write about miner centralization but make it punk 🤘
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2024-10-24 12:58:32

SCOOP: In an alert issued yesterday, FinCEN finds cryptocurrencies are not a preferred financing method for Hezbollah.
Who would have thought.
https://www.therage.co/fincen-alert-hezbollah-financing-cryptocurrencies/

2024-10-21 17:38:36

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its called state capitalism

2024-10-21 17:20:16

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The arguments made are very specific to Chainalysis' flagging, not to code per se. It's a damn smart defense unfortunately, just a shame that the judge let this fly as Anti-SLAPP laws are usually intended to protect journalists from billion dollar corporations.

2024-10-21 17:17:08

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I've heard that it might but needs further assessment

2024-10-21 17:06:34

Just when you thought US courts couldn't be any more retarded, a New York Judge just dismissed the defamation suit against Chainalysis because he says the software enjoys free speech protections.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/chainalysis-defamation-dismissed/

2024-10-18 11:39:18

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Apparently lol

2024-10-18 10:15:49

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2024-10-17 20:44:45

The Rage needs a social media person. Has to strike the right balance between writing nasty punchlines and not getting sued. DM me on Matrix.

2024-10-16 15:49:29

So the @npub18mm…wg7n has managed to sign up to fucking NOSTR but still can't manage to build a fucking website that works. What a time to be alive
#note1tjl…r9c2

2024-10-15 15:24:50

TD Bank's plea is an interesting read for anyone who believes that justice has been served in the US banking industry.
If its “historic fine” tells us anything, it's that that crime pays when you're a banker.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/untitled-2/

2024-10-15 13:50:38

Last month, we followed up with the NCA on its extraordinary claims deeming crypto & E2EE a risk to UK national security - but the NCA continues to refuse to corroborate its claims.
Today we reported the NCA to the Information Commissioner‘s Office for violating the UK Freedom of Information Act. With Freddie New & Bitcoin Policy UK
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https://www.therage.co/uk-nca-national-risk-assessment-2024/

2024-10-15 08:47:22

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Well, in this case x wasn't judged at all, it was negotiated. Sentencing in the US is based on guidelines that score crimes between 1-43 so that everyone *should* get around the same amount of time for the same crimes; the more severe the crime, the higher the score and the higher the sentence.
https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/about/overview/Overview_Federal_Sentencing_Guidelines.pdf

2024-10-14 21:26:56

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You mean facing decades in prison vs paying a fine? Idk seems hard to tell. But the fine is def „historic“. Publishing a write up tomorrow.

2024-10-11 19:15:53

SOUS LES PAVÉS, LA RAGE https://image.nostr.build/54d81f6e8d2a7ecdb6206e87952133bb98ad80eaf5c0e65d2d45d308b61ac3a9.jpg

2024-10-09 18:44:02

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*screams in white supremacy*

2024-10-09 18:43:34

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yes, thank you!

2024-10-09 18:40:49

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Mh no should be fine on my end

2024-10-09 18:36:59

Imagine two Klu Klux Klan white nationalists had access to your personally identifiable information for a "private investigation", handed to them on a silver platter by the government's financial surveillance database.
That's exactly what happened in Tennessee, and why the Bank Secrecy Act needs to be abolished.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/finchem-fincen-tennessee-bank-data/

2024-10-09 18:24:11

"Of all of the types of speech to consider [...], Storm’s Tornado Cash software actually seems the most likely to advance the values served by the First Amendment."
Updated article to include CoinCenter's analysis of Judge Failla's opinion to deny the dismissal of the Tornado Cash case:
https://www.therage.co/tornado-cash-code-not-speech-non-custodial-msbs-knowledge-not-required/

2024-10-09 18:22:45

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Shitting on a person for not knowing the time and place to complain about their shitcoin is a very different thing from shitting on a currency I use myself. Your inability to understand the difference unfortunately doesn't give me much hope for your community.

2024-10-07 17:28:36

Are you losing your mind and business to the US’ regulation by enforcement approach?
The WEF is here to tell you not to worry. In its new report on digital asset regulation, it has found that industry players see the US’ “tough approach” a “positive for the industry”.
It also finds that the EU’s reserve requirements for stablecoins are too strict, and that we should all be using digital identities and the blockchain for AML/KYC.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/wef-crypto-regulation-report/

2024-10-06 14:33:03

Now Hitlary Clingon wants to get rid of Section 230. Trump tried to get rid of Section 230 for much of his last presidency.
“We should be in my view, repealing something called Section 230, which gave platforms on the internet immunity … Whether it‘s Facebook or Twitter or X or Instagram, or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don‘t moderate & monitor the content we lose total control,” says Clinton.
Section 230 of the1996 Communications Decency Act is "a serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity," says Trump.
They're the same picture.
https://m.primal.net/LMyT.mp4
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2024-10-04 22:16:37

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2024-10-04 22:15:56

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I like your thinking. Very good question.

2024-10-04 21:37:04

I read the just introduced Saving Privacy Act so you don't have to, and it's pretty fucking badass. If passed, it would completely reform financial privacy in the US.
The Bill removes SARs and CTRs filing requirements, makes financial information only accessible via a search warrant, specifically introduces fourth amendment protections, bans the creation of central databases holding personally identifiable information without the establishment of a dedicated law granting a US agency such right, bans the US Government from creating CBDCs, and introduces criminal penalties for any US official violating your financial privacy rights.
Yes, please.
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https://www.therage.co/untitled/

2024-10-04 14:19:11

The World Bank and the IMF have created a system
Of modern-day colonialism that make the people
Of the developing world poorer
And the multinational corporations richer
And take the power away from all of us
It's time to take back control of our lives
And tear apart these monuments to greed
And build our new world from the broken pieces
Leftöver Crack, Super Tuesday, 2004
https://m.primal.net/LLDD.mp4

2024-10-02 20:17:07

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i don't know how the data sharing takes place technically, but afaik there are only a few exceptions on which FIUs may refuse an information request. For the Israeli FIU that may be related to Israel's "investigation" of NSO.
The big question will be if Colombia's FIU was notified and who else knew since allegations that Pegasus was being used to spy on the opposition had been floating around since 2021 – if they knew and didn't flag it with the authorities that would be a pretty big deal. https://egmontgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Egmont-Group-of-Financial-Intelligence-Units-Principles-for-Information-Exchange-Between-Financial-Intelligence-Units.pdf

2024-10-02 17:12:38

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They may have sent requests to several FIUs, maybe Switzerland was the first (or only one) to respond. Whatever the connection is, hopefully more of Egmont's dirty laundry will get aired in the course of the investigation

2024-10-01 23:49:10

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I think my favorite part of this story ishttps://m.primal.net/LHut.png

2024-10-01 23:18:46

When $5.5 Million in cash are flown into Israel on a private jet, declared at customs, and shortly after placed in an NSO Group bank account, Financial Intelligence Units may just forget to launch an investigation, or so the story goes.
Colombia has publicized a suspicious activity report obtained via the Financial Intelligence Unit of Switzerland, and is now investigating how much FIUs knew about the alleged sale of Pegasus Spyware to the Colombian Police under its former government.
Don't you try to go and spend your cash though. There's rules for us, and rules for them.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/colombia-investigates-financial-intelligence-unit-in-pegasus-scandal/

2024-10-01 09:09:11

Speaking to the Council of Europe, Julian Assange today highlighted the risk of European Arrest Warrants – a mechanism meant to target terrorism first used by Sweden to pursue a person for a traffic violation. A law that is targeted at minorities will soon be used against all.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is one of those laws that pose an immense danger to civil society, allowing any UN member state to obtain information on individuals from other UN member states under the guise of fighting cybercrime.
For your financial information, this means that any UN member country may request information on you overruling bank secrecy protections, so long the crime you are accused of is a also deemed a crime in the country requested to hand over your financial data.
Today, the convention is meant to be used to prosecute cybercriminals. Tomorrow, Israel may request the bank records of European citizens speaking out against its genocide.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is a threat to democracy and the supposed rule of law.
https://www.therage.co/un-cybercrime-convention-bank-secrecy/

2024-10-01 06:41:25

Julian Assange addresses the Council of Europe
https://www.youtube.com/live/Mq85IZMeigc

2024-09-30 19:53:49

Last year, 58 Congressmen sent a letter to Secretary Yellen asking for clarity on the scope of Hamas' cryptocurrency financing. But Secretary Yellen's response was never published.
Today, I filed a FOIA Request with the Department of Treasury for Yellen's response.
We already know that the dollar amounts published in the media were inaccurate and that cryptocurrencies are not a popular tool used by Hamas and the PIJ in their terror financing efforts.
Yellen's official response could still be instrumental in combating the current alarmist narrative that cryptocurrencies pose a threat to US national security to demand tighter regulation and increasingly unproportionate AML/CFT measures for the entire industry.
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Questions asked and link to the full letter:
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https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/3/d/3d43d8c0-a0a8-40ed-864d-059ba2b5a681/CBF7D1BC15D13A231C7270CDD161308D.te.pmc.fh.rt.letter.11.15.23.pdf

2024-09-30 19:50:31

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Sorry I'm not reading all of this

2024-09-30 10:40:55

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How ironic that the entirety of privacy tech is on the line and all you can think about is complaining that no one uses your dumb fucking shitcoin

2024-09-30 08:55:46

You can donate #bitcoin to Roman Storm's defense.
The Tornado Cash trial will set dangerous precedents for the entire industry and greatly affect arguments made in the Samourai Wallet trial. Defending Roman means defending us all.
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https://wewantjusticedao.org/donate

2024-09-27 22:10:33

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That's a really smart comment because they totally chose to be charged by the DOJ

2024-09-27 21:53:48

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It's the weakest argument the judge made, and probably the last one you should be worried about.

2024-09-27 21:46:13

Yesterday, Tornado Cash judge stated code is not speech, non-custodial software providers can be money transmitters, and specific knowledge of criminal activity is not required to be charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
A breakdown of all the arguments:
https://www.therage.co/tornado-cash-code-not-speech-non-custodial-msbs-knowledge-not-required/

2024-09-27 08:58:12

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2024-09-27 00:51:58

Tornado Cash judge says code isn't speech and control isn't needed to qualify as MSB. Article coming tomorrow. GN 🫂
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2024-09-27 00:28:32

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Computer says no
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2024-09-26 23:36:19

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Im pretty sure the SEC could call your mom a security if it wanted to, though there may be precedent with dropping the ETH investigation
https://consensys.io/blog/sec-closes-ethereum-2-0-investigation-will-not-pursue-ethereum-enforcement

2024-09-26 23:08:06

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Pretty sure the SEC is not going to care that the CFTC doesn't classify Bitcoin as a security when people start selling NFTs on Nostr
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/28/opensea-gets-wells-notice-from-sec-calling-nfts-sold-on-platform-securities/

2024-09-26 23:01:18

Swan employees allegedly coordinating an epic takedown of Swan's mining operations coordinated via *checks notes* their Swan email accounts somehow has me skeptical of the criminal mastermind allegations
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2024-09-26 22:41:42

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lol. true

2024-09-26 22:37:23

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Why do I get the feeling that you wont be telling the DOJ „nostr dgaf“ when they knock on your door

2024-09-26 22:30:04

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Gensler says he does not classify Bitcoin as a security (he apparently reiterated this today), but that doesn't mean that the next administration won't. It also doesn't keep devs working on comms protocols safe that people may use to negotiate trades. You know, like the one we're chatting on now.

2024-09-26 22:14:31

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I'll look forward to you telling that to the guys with guns coming to your house to pick you up, lmk how it goes

2024-09-26 22:14:01

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Faster than me 🫡

2024-09-26 22:13:46

Tornado Cash? Needed a banking license. Samourai Wallet? Needed a banking license. WhatsApp, Apple, X, probably all need licenses too.
Sounds retarded? Correct. That's why the SEC has proposed a rule to formalize licensing requirements for communication protocols.
In a speech at the annual U.S. Treasury Market Conference, Gensler announced to rule on proposed amendments to the Exchange Act by November, which expand the definition of the term "exchange" to mean "systems that bring together buyers and sellers of securities [...] (i.e. "communication protocols")."
Critics argue the rule may be weaponized to criminally indict software developers given the already hostile environment for crypto- and privacy devs.
If this rule passes, we are fucked beyond comprehension.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/gensler-to-rule-on-licensing-requirements-for-communication-protocols-2/

2024-09-25 12:44:21

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🩷 🐸

2024-09-25 12:43:30

Good morning, Keir Starmer wants to spy on your bank accounts
A bill proposed yesterday would enable the mass surveillance of financial transactions beyond AML/CTF regulations to "stop benefit fraud"
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/keir-starmer-wants-to-spy-on-your-bank-account/

2024-09-25 10:13:38

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Oh yeah def!

2024-09-25 09:02:27

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This looks super cool, thank you!

2024-09-25 06:56:25

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Can def be better, feel free to contribute https://github.com/L0laL33tz/PrivacyIndex

2024-09-24 22:25:15

💚Say hello to Privacy Index: a guide of guides for all things digital privacy.💚
I started working on Privacy Index in the beginning of the year because I was frustrated by the one-fits-all solutions I was being sold by other privacy projects.
Privacy Index is the opposite: it's a resource for resources, so you can choose what tips, tools and tricks best fit your needs.
I would love for this project to grow and encompass all content others have found helpful on their own privacy journey – be it stories that inspired you, books that you read, tools that you use, or guides you found helpful – some of my favorite additions are highlighted below.
Privacy Index is by no means complete. But it's free and open source, so anyone can contribute on github. And the more people contribute, the better it will get 💚
s/o to @HRF
for funding this work 🤝
http://privacyindex.net
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2024-09-24 21:45:21

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I watched this live and almost died

2024-09-24 18:28:35

Big shout out to the person who donated 1.7M sats to The Rage – donations like these are what make this work possible 🩷
Support independent journalism via our Geyser Fund so we can keep reporting on financial surveillance for you:
https://geyser.fund/project/therage

2024-09-24 12:23:33

The Rage is looking for an intern to support research in US policy developments relevant to financial surveillance.
If you or someone you know want to break into investigative journalism, apply via jobs@therage.co 🩷
This is a limited position but may expand to a full position if funding allows. For the full job description, see
https://www.therage.co/jobs/

2024-09-24 12:09:48

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2024-09-24 12:09:09

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2024-09-24 10:11:20

Good morning! Lots of talk yesterday about the German government's new security package enabling mass biometric surveillance & suspicionless searches.
But the proposed law also drastically expands the surveillance of bank accounts.
According to the proposed law, banks are to be alleviated of the suspension of accounts under investigation for AML/CTF violations, enabling the prolonged and undetected surveillance of bank accounts via the German federal police.
In 2023, the German FIU received 337,000 suspicious transaction reports, of which roughly 63,000 had little or nothing to do with AML/CTF violations.
Under the proposed law, close to 20% of accounts under investigation for AML/CTF violations would be subject to increased and unjust spying on their financial activities through police.
Full Story:
https://www.therage.co/german-government-plans-expansion-of-bank-account-surveillance/

2024-09-22 20:10:46

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Interesting.. thank you

2024-09-20 15:30:01

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2024-09-20 14:43:22

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☕ 🫂

2024-09-20 14:34:59

GM, the German Government just flat out lied denying the use of chain analysis software.
In an answer to a inquiry made by MPs, the German Government denied the use of chain analysis software for asset seizures – but procurement records show contracts with Chainalysis for German federal agencies, which directly advertises its software for the use of asset seizures.
Questions on the use of mixers to conceal criminal activity were classified as secret citing risks to national security, while the Government responded that the German FIU and customs had received merely 27,000 reports regarding crytocurrency transactions on suspicion of money laundering between 2020-2024, compared to over 280,000 suspicious transaction reports overall in the year 2020 alone.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/german-interior-ministry-dodges-questions-on-chain-analysis-software-mixer-risks/

2024-09-20 13:28:52

Four weeks ago, I sent the UK National Crime Agency a Freedom of Information Request to disclose the data used to deem crypto & E2EE a risk to national security. The request remains unanswered to this day.
Today I'm teaming up with Freddie New and Bitcoin Policy UK
to remind the NCA of the law. Governments must be held accountable for their actions.
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#note1xac…asnq

2024-09-19 12:15:51

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To be honest, maybe you should do some due diligence before running your mouth on social media.

2024-09-19 11:34:25

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Geyser is fully self-custodial. With governments going as far as attempting to criminalize the building of UIs (see Tornado Cash), this is not a question of self custody. Any project building software to interface with the Bitcoin network utilized to send money where governments don't want to see it is at risk.

2024-09-19 11:22:12

First they came for Bitcoin projects funding aid in Palestine, and I did not speak out, because I was not Palestinian.

2024-09-19 11:20:24

Geyser Fund has shut down the crowdfunding project Bitcoin for Palestine, citing regulatory uncertainty.
Let this be your reminder that you cannot code faster than the state can invoke arbitrary penalties. Permissionless money is under massive threat by the global AML regime. It's time to wake up.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/geyser-bitcoin-for-palestine/

2024-09-18 06:49:20

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2024-09-17 19:06:19

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BREAKING: Judge Richard M. Berman has denied a motion by Keonne Rodriguez to remove home detention as a condition of his bail ahead of his trial.
Government prosecutors presented the court with documents retrieved from Rodriguez' home detailing plans to flee the U.S. - though defense counsel pointed out that the document did not specify that the plans were meant to be enacted in response to law enforcement.

2024-09-17 18:51:49

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👏 👏 👏

2024-09-17 18:01:12

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Updates from the Samourai Wallet hearing:
December 17th has been set for the hearing of pretrial motions.
Motions will include a defense motion to dismiss on the basis of what Hill's lawyer described as "extraordinarily unusual" facts of the case.
The defense plans to argue that even if all claims made in the initial indictment were true, they would not "meet the bar for the charge," and that "this is not how Congress intended the [money laundering] statutes to be used."
Prosecutors said they had seized 44 electronic devices from Rodriguez, but had only been able to access access and extract the contents of 15 of those devices. Of 27 devices seized from Hill, 25 have been accessed and extracted.
According to the Defense, the full contents of discovery, including business records and social media archives, amounted to as much data as 75% of the entire Library of Congress. If printed out and stacked, the documents would extend from Earth to the Moon and back, 22 times.
The court will resume shortly and hear arguments about the conditions of Rodriguez' bail.

2024-09-17 16:30:13

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Theres no stream for the hearing but well try to update here asap

2024-09-17 15:10:09

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https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68466837/united-states-v-rodriguez/

2024-09-17 14:57:21

On the way to court to cover the Samourai Wallet hearing starting at 1pm EST with David Z Morris. Watch this space for possible updates and a full report 👇

2024-09-14 17:39:10

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🤟🏽

2024-09-14 17:13:04

According to the US Government, all three of these services have violated sanctions law. One was just kindly asked to revise its AML program. The founders of the other are facing tens of years in prison. Spot the difference.
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2024-09-14 16:56:32

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s/o to @npub1t8a…56yu

2024-09-14 16:39:55

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🔥

2024-09-14 16:30:18

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https://www.occ.gov/static/enforcement-actions/eaAA-ENF-2024-72.pdf

2024-09-14 16:30:03

GM, the OCC has issued an enforcement action against Wells Fargo Bank for AML violations – no fines imposed.
When banks fail to implement efficient AML programs, they get a slap on the wrist – but when developers fail to implement efficient AML programs, they get charged as criminals. Let this be your reminder that there's one set of rules for them, and another set of rules for us.
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2024-09-14 16:25:53

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2024-09-14 15:41:59

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Oh nice, thank you!

2024-09-13 21:24:28

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#note17sl…rrwf