Samourai Wallet’s Lawyers Say Prosecution Suppressed Critical Evidence, Call for Dismissal
Before SDNY prosecutors filed charges in the case, FinCEN told them that Samourai Wallet didn’t meet the definition of a money transmitting business.
BlockBeats news, on May 6th, according to Cointelegraph, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department announced on May 5th that the Myanmar Karen National Army and its leader Saw Chit Thu, along with their two sons, have been placed on a sanctions list, accusing the organization of operating cryptocurrency fraud, human trafficking, and cross-border smuggling activities in the form of "pig killing disks". The announcement stated that these scams have resulted in "cumulative losses of billions of dollars" for US citizens, but did not disclose the specific amount. The organization builds trust through social media and induces victims to invest in false encryption projects, making Southeast Asia a high-risk area for such fraud. According to TRM Labs, a blockchain analysis company, the amount of money involved in "pig killing" cases worldwide will exceed $4.4 billion in 2023. According to FBI data, the losses from cryptocurrency fraud in the United States reached $9.3 billion in 2024 (a year-on-year increase of 66%), with the group aged 60 and above suffering the most severe damage (a total of $2.8 billion).
BlockBeats News: On May 6th, according to Politico, Maxine Waters, the Chief Democratic Congressman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee and a California Democrat, plans to block a joint hearing on the cryptocurrency market structure bill on May 6th. Due to the requirement for unanimous consent in the joint hearing, this move may result in the conference being aborted. Waters subsequently plans to lead some Democratic members to hold a 'shadow hearing', focusing on the Trump family's vested interests in the cryptocurrency industry. This standoff stems from the Republican Party's proposed regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market, which aims to allocate regulatory authority over digital assets to different market regulatory agencies. Waters called Republican Committee Chairman French Hill (Republican of Arkansas) last Saturday, demanding that he include provisions targeting the Trump family's cryptocurrency business in the legislation, otherwise it would obstruct the hearing. The encryption positions of the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States are diverging. The Republican Party insists that legislation should remain neutral, with Wisconsin Congressman Bryan Steil emphasizing that "the bill imposes uniform requirements on all issuers. The Democratic Party continues to use the "potential conflict of interest with the Trump family" as an excuse to try to slow down the Republican led crypto industry friendly legislative process. The hearing was originally scheduled to discuss a Republican proposal to establish the first comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets in the United States. The recent business layout of the Trump family in the cryptocurrency field, including their official meme coin TRUMP and related DeFi project investments, is becoming a major target for Democrats to attack Republican legislative motives.
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According to the official website of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Congressman French Hill, G.T. Thompson, Bryan Steil, and Dusty Johnson have jointly released a discussion draft of the 2025 Digital Asset Market Structure Act. The bill aims to establish a unified regulatory framework, clarify the definitions of digital commodities, stablecoins, self custody rights, and decentralized finance, empower the CFTC and SEC with separate regulatory powers, and establish registration mechanisms for exchanges, brokers, custodians, and others. The bill emphasizes protecting consumers, promoting innovation, and filling regulatory gaps, aiming to consolidate the United States' leadership position in the global digital asset market. The bill is currently in the stage of soliciting opinions.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expressed on X platform that he really likes Coinbase's latest advertisement and specifically mentioned that the voice acting for the advertisement was done by actor Sam Rockwell, praising his outstanding performance in the science fiction movie "Moon". The future of money can't be printed