The convictions rested on two statutes traditionally applied to custodial financial services but now extended to non‑custodial crypto tools. Tornado Cash, built on Ethereum smart contracts, posed the ...

The nearly $6.4 million worth of Bitcoin seized by federal law enforcement from the creators of privacy tool Samourai Wallet has not been liquidated, and will be added to a national Bitcoin reserve, a ...

On Wednesday, the founders of the Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai Wallet were arrested and charged on behalf of the US Government. The indictment could set dangerous precedents beyond Bitcoin privacy ...

Today, in the Southern District of New York, was the first hearing in the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) case against Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. I ...

Last month, the Treasury lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash. In response, many rekindled their calls for the Trump administration to drop the charges against Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, ...

NEW YORK — Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for his role in creating a bitcoin mixing service that prosecutors say was used to launder $237 ...

Two people behind a popular Bitcoin mixing app “Samourai Wallet” are now ready to plead guilty in court. They had earlier denied all charges. But new court papers show they will admit to wrongdoing in ...

The co-founders of Bitcoin privacy app Samourai Wallet pushed back against the U.S. government’s criminal charges, arguing in a new court filing that the Department of Justice’s case should be thrown ...

The Department of Justice indicted the creators of an application that helps people spend their bitcoins anonymously. They're accused of "conspiracy to commit money laundering." Why "conspiracy to ...

The US government has taken down Samourai Wallet, a cryptocurrency mixing service that executed over $2bn in unlawful transactions and laundered over $100m in criminal proceeds. In an April 24 press ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump said Monday he was open to exploring a pardon for convicted Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez, and ...