Glad to see legislation that treats digital asset rewards as “created property” and doesn’t tax them until they’re sold. This better reflects the economic reality of the situation because rewards are attained by running and maintaining open-source software, where there is no

Seems like a good day to resurface the Blockchain Regulatory Clarity Act – a bipartisan bill by Tom Emmer and Rep. Darren Soto that would codify existing FinCEN guidance.

The bill creates a safe harbor from licensing for non-custodial blockchain services. In other words,

Consensys is not just challenging the SEC's scofflaw approach to digital asset markets and developers. It is also defending principles that make our system of governance work: the rule of law, fair notice, and due process.

Thank you Consensys Bill Hughes : wchughes.eth 🦊 Matt Corva

Today, Consensys filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The goal behind this is to ensure that Ethereum remains a vibrant and indispensable blockchain platform and to preserve access for the countless developers, market participants, and institutions

🚨Mark your calendars 🚨

On May 8th at 12pm EST, DEF will be hosting our first ever “State of the Union” 🫡

DEF exists to explain DeFi to policymakers, regulators, and other decision makers and advocate for policies that are welcoming of decentralized financial infrastructure.

1/ Today, Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas sued the SEC over the recently finalized Dealer Rule. The rule is arbitrary and capricious, and presents significant risk for digital asset market participants in the U.S.

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The IRS's 'broker rule' hasn't been finalized, but it looks like Treasury is really going to take the position that 'unhosted wallet providers' are 'brokers' 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

IRS released draft 1099 form for digital asset 'brokers': irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1…

🥭 OPINION: The vastly different—and mutually exclusive—conclusions that the SEC, CFTC, and DOJ have come to about MNGO have exacted a real cost on the growth of the U.S. crypto industry, write Amanda Tuminelli and Jane Khodarkovsky.

unchainedcrypto.com/comparing-appl…

I attended a talk last night with recently departed SEC crypto litigation leader Ladan Stewart, where she debated with Rebecca Rettig and Lewis Cohen over her agency's controversial approach.

In one notable exchange, Stewart said the SEC does not view tokens as securities,

Defend Uni, Defend DeFi 🦄🛡️

He Who Shall Not Be Named (pssst it's Gary 👨‍🦲) is attacking Uniswap Labs 🦄

Uni represents the best of DeFi. This is just the beginning of the SEC's bad-faith plans for the ecosystem...

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The timeline has been littered with 'don't start a crypto company in America' and 'the regulatory state is driving talent offshore' takes this week. Funding smart teams doing important work (with the receipts to prove it) is how we get to stay here.

fiskantes.lens ⭐️🩸 Some recent examples of what they're spending the money on

1) suing the SEC to rule airdrops are not securities offerings twitter.com/fund_defi/stat…

2) amicus brief in tornado cash suit
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3) amicus brief in kraken suit
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As a fellow board member of DeFi Education Fund, I am biased, but the work that Miller and Amanda Tuminelli put in day in and day out to defend DeFi is incredible, and playing a tiny role in it is very rewarding.

*So* proud to be on BoD of DeFi Education Fund, which just put in a proposal to Uniswap Labs 🦄 gov for addt'l funding. Tweet from hayden.eth 🦄 is a fraction of what DEF has accomplished to date. Vote *yes* to continuing to protect open source decentralized permissionless DeFi tech.

Gary Gensler’s Case Against Uniswap: Does the SEC Even Stand a Chance?
Amanda Tuminelli dives deep into the SEC’s confrontation with Uniswap, examining the implications for the entire DeFi sector.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Wells

We received this letter from FinCEN congratulating Coinbase 🛡️ on our substantial contributions to one of seven significant criminal cases to receive the FinCEN Director's Law Enforcement Award. We appreciate this recognition of our commitment to weeding out bad actors in whatever

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