Samourai Bitcoin App Founders Plead Guilty—Could Serve 5 Years Behind Bars
Privacy-focused crypto just took a gut punch. The founders of Samourai Wallet—a Bitcoin app beloved by anonymity seekers—just copped to charges that could land them in federal prison for half a decade.
### When ‘Financial Sovereignty’ Meets the Long Arm of the Law
The DOJ’s hammer came down hard after the duo admitted to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Turns out, even crypto’s cypherpunks can’t outrun Uncle Sam’s compliance regime.
### The Irony Won’t Escape Bitcoin Maxis
A tool designed to bypass financial surveillance… now has its creators facing the very system they sought to undermine. Meanwhile, Wall Street’s Bitcoin ETFs just hit another ATH—because nothing screams decentralization like BlackRock custodying your keys.
Sentencing drops later this year. Place your bets now on whether the judge owns any BTC.
