🚨NEW: MINED IN AMERICA ACT WOULD PUT BITCOIN NETWORK AT RISK The Mined in America Act would distort the overall economic incentives of the Bitcoin network and capture U.S. based miners in a situation where dependence on associated loan or grant programs makes it economically non-viable for them to deny government demands. Effectively, the bill would turn miners into their own surveillance teams, collecting and reporting information to the government in exchange for economic favoritism. 🔗 Full story:

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Mined in America Act Would Put Bitcoin Network at Risk

The bill would effectively turn miners into their own surveillance teams, collecting and reporting information to the government in exchange for ec...

🚨NOW: Sen Warren says Tornado Cash was used to launder 7B Dollars in cryptocurrency. This is incorrect. Tornado Cash processed 7B USD in total, of which 85% were found to have been of licit origin.

🚨 NEW: 4CHAN LAWYERS INTRODUCE BRITISH FIRST AMENDMENT 4Chan lawyers have been trolling Ofcom over fines imposed under the UK's Online Safety Act. Now, they mean business: by introducing the UK Free Speech Act. “In a free society, fools, bigots, and assholes get to speak and remain free men. That is not the price of liberty. It is liberty, and the rest of us get it too,” says 4Chan lawyer Preston Byrne. The UK has made over 12,000 arrests for online posts since 2023, more than 30 arrests per day. 🔗 Full story:

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4Chan Lawyers Introduce British First Amendment

4Chan lawyers have been trolling Ofcom over fines imposed under the UK's Online Safety Act. Now, they mean business: by introducing the UK Free Spe...

🇺🇲🇵🇸 US WEAPONIZES GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM AGAINST PALESTINIAN ADVOCACY, POLICY GROUP SAYS The Palestinian Policy Network Al-Shabaka has laid out how the United States leverages the global financial system against Palestinian advocacy in its latest policy paper. Citing an Executive Order enacted last year that allows the US Treasury to act against anyone "assisting" the International Criminal Court, Al-Shabaka argues that overcompliance in the financial services industry has led to blocking of assets and financial transactions, debanking, as well as total funding bans for even tangentially related groups. "Most international transactions clear through US-linked banks and financial institutions," Al-Shabaka writes, allowing for sanctions issued by the US to reverberate far beyond US borders. "Washington’s dominance over the global financial system gives this censorship regime its devastating reach."

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US Sanctions: Criminalizing Palestinian and Global Justice Work | Al-Shabaka

This brief explores the campaign by the US and the Israeli regime against Palestinian civil society and international law

🔴The Trump administration appears to be illegally leveraging tax authorities to obtain the home addresses of immigrants, according to the Washington Post. A federal judge has found that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer, as WaPo reports. By federal law, the IRS may only provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with tax records if the agency first identifies a person's address correctly. Instead, the DHS appears to have used the information sharing agreement to obtain addresses from the IRS, with address fields left blank or filled out incompletely. The incident marks yet another escalation in the use of financial infrastructure to achieve political ends. DHS officials have defended the data-sharing agreement as necessary to crack down on illegal immigration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/26/irs-data-federal-judge-dhs-illegal/

🔴The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement have issued a warning on the use of cryptocurrency payment processors and OTC desks for money laundering and sanctions evasion. The group bases its warnings on the increase of Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings related to such systems, which have risen starkly over the past ten years. "Cryptocurrency payment processors pose significant risks and unknown threats to the integrity of the global financial system," the group concludes. However, the group omits that the mere filing of a SAR is often not indicative of actual crime occurring. Research based on statistics released by the IRS shows that less than 0.3% of filed SARs have led to further investigation. More SARs != more crime. The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) is a joint operational group formed in mid-2018 to combat transnational tax crime between US, Australian, UK, Canadian, and Dutch tax authorities.

🚨NEW: HACKERS EXPOSE AGE-VERIFICATION SOFTWARE POWERING SURVEILLANCE WEB Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet, bundling financial reporting with facial recognition tech. For the first time, they lay bare what is really behind a software serving age-verification laws – and why such technology is far from harmless. We spoke with the researchers that exposed the software, who hope that their findings will serve as a wakeup call. 🔗 Full story:

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Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web

Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

It’s not every day that we post “good news” from the IRS. But today, the Payjoin Foundation has been recognized as a 501c3 – which means you can now make tax deductible donations to fund Bitcoin privacy. Full story 👇

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You Can Now Make Tax-Deductible Donations to Fund Bitcoin Privacy

The Payjoin Foundation has been recognized as a 501(c)(3), so you can help break the link between Bitcoin payments on chain.

🚨NEW: WILLIAM HILL SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON, THREE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE People should be deterred from doing what the Samourai Wallet developers did, Judge Cote stated in court. Full story 👇

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William Hill Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

People should be deterred from doing what the Samourai Wallet developers did, Judge Cote stated in court.

🚨JUST IN: Samourai Wallet developer William Hill sentenced to 4 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release

🚨NEW: EMAILS REVEAL JEFFREY EPSTEIN MONEY FINANCED BITCOIN CORE DEVELOPMENT “Used gift funds to underwrite this which allowed us to move quickly and win this round. Thanks,” Media Lab Director Joi Ito wrote Epstein in an email titled DCI. Full story👇

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Emails Reveal Jeffrey Epstein Money Financed Bitcoin Core Development

“Used gift funds to underwrite this which allowed us to move quickly and win this round. Thanks,” former MIT Media Lab Director Joichi Ito wrot...

🚨KEONNE RODRIGUEZ SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON, $250,000 FINE, 3 YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE The Samourai Wallet developer will surrender to custody on December 19th. Rodriguez has the option to appeal, Judge Cote states. Full story👇

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Keonne Rodriguez Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison, $250,000 Fine

Sentenced after pleading guilty in July, the Samourai Wallet developer will surrender to law enforcement custody on December 19th.

🚨 KEONNE RODRIGUEZ SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS, $250,000 FINE

🚨NEW: US GOVERNMENT SEEKS MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR SAMOURAI WALLET DEVELOPERS "I co-founded a software company to develop tools that could provide the anonymity necessary to make Bitcoin work as intended," Hill tells the court. Full story👇

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US Government Seeks Maximum Sentence For Keonne Rodriguez And William Hill

"I co-founded a software company to develop tools that could provide the anonymity necessary to make Bitcoin work as intended," Hill tells the court.

💥NEW: A pseudonymous developer credits Bitcoin Knots maintainer Luke Dashjr for a softfork proposal that could split the Bitcoin blockchain, claiming Bitcoin Core exposes users to legal risks. Full story👇

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Running Bitcoin Is Illegal: Dashjr Chainsplit Proposal Hits BIP Repository

A pseudonymous developer credits Bitcoin Knots maintainer Luke Dashjr for a softfork proposal that could split the Bitcoin blockchain, claiming Bit...

🚨NEW: Posts are claiming that a ChatGPT generated AI Passport passed KYC Checks at notable cryptocurrency exchanges. That's not true, the posts author tells The Rage. How AI Passport scares are pushing for Digital IDs👇

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AI-Passport Scares Are Pushing For Digital IDs

Posts are claiming that a ChatGPT generated AI Passport passed KYC Checks at notable cryptocurrency exchanges. That's not true, the posts author te...

🚨 NEW: US WANTS TO KEEP 127,000 BTC IN LARGEST ASSET FORFEITURE IN HISTORY The lack of advocacy for the funds to be returned to victims displays the perverse incentives birthed by the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Full story👇

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US Wants To Keep 127,000 BTC In Largest Forfeiture in History

The lack of advocacy for the funds to be returned to victims displays the perverse incentives birthed by the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

🚨NEW: KYC ALL THE THINGS: IS MARKET STRUCTURE BLOWING UP? A leaked proposal by Senate Democrats would give Treasury sweeping powers to ban non-custodial services, establishing authority over what code can be deployed, and what code can't. Full story👇

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KYC All The Things: Is Market Structure Blowing Up?

A leaked proposal by Senate Democrats would give Treasury sweeping powers to ban non-custodial services, establishing authority over what code can ...

💥NEW: THE US TREASURY WON'T TELL US HOW MUCH BITCOIN IT OWNS The Freedom of Information Act does not require agencies to answer to fishing expeditions, IRS tells The Rage.

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The US Treasury Won't Tell Us How Much Bitcoin It Owns

The Freedom of Information Act does not require agencies to answer to fishing expeditions, IRS tells The Rage.

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