May 9, 2024 The Government Fears This Privacy Tool 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…
November 1, 2023 Government Blocking of "Tornado Cash" Cryptocurrency-Related Service Was Legal, Didn't Violate First Amendment From Monday’s opinion by Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II (N.D. Fla.) in Coin Center v. Yellen (for a similar decision, see this August post…
September 8, 2023 The Federal Government Is Trying To Shut Down Decentralized Finance The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced yesterday it had both filed and settled charges against three “decentralized finance” operations, Opyn Inc., ZeroEx Inc.,…
August 20, 2023 Government Blocking of "Tornado Cash" Cryptocurrency-Related Service Was Legal, Didn't Violate First Amendment From Van Loon v. Department of Treasury, decided Thursday by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.): This case is about Tornado Cash—but the parties disagree…
March 15, 2023 Blame the Government for the New Banking Crisis? Live With Lyn Alden, Arnold Kling and Zach Weissmueller “We have learned over the last few days that many small and mid-sized banks in this country are Zombies,” writes Arnold Kling, a senior…
March 1, 2023 Hester Peirce, Nic Carter: The Government vs. Cryptocurrencies Today’s Reason Interview podcast has double the hosts and double the guests. Every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern, Zach Weissmueller and I host a live…
November 23, 2022 The Best Ever Libertarian Gift Guide “Eye-eye-eyeeeeee don’t want a lot for Christmas,” she said. “There is just one thing I need,” she said. It’s the secular holiday anthem for…
