Samourai Wallet Fights Back: Moves to Dismiss DOJ Charges, Leverages FinCEN’s Own Rules
Privacy-focused Samourai Wallet just threw a legal curveball—filing to dismiss the DOJ’s case against it by citing FinCEN’s own guidance. Talk about using the regulator’s playbook against them.
No vague legalese here: the defense hinges on existing financial crime policies, turning the government’s framework into a shield. A bold move in a system that usually bends crypto projects over backwards to comply—or collapse.
Meanwhile, TradFi bankers watching this unfold: still laundering billions the old-fashioned way, but sure, let’s chase the privacy tools. Priorities, right?