A recent hack of Evolve Bank and Trust shows the unintended consequence of excessive Know Your Customer and anti-money-laundering laws. One of the most consequential bank hacks of the last few years was just revealed…
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In Pursuit Of “Corporate Transparency,” A Mass Doxxing Of LLCs Puts Financial Freedom And Privacy At Risk
Beginning this year, any individual with shares in an American domiciled company will be required to submit identifying information to FinCEN. This record collection from the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is intended to “curb illicit finance”…
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin & No-KYC Practices (BTC Prague 2023 Panel)
At BTC Prague in June 2023, I moderated a panel with Marek Palatinus of Satoshi Labs, Anna of Hodl Hodl, and cyberpunk author Juraj Bednar on peer-to-peer Bitcoin practices and no-KYC practices.