BITCOIN SEASON 2: Comply or Die: Privacy or Palantir

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Comply or Die: Privacy or Palantir

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm found guilty of operating unlicensed money transmitter. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's fund raises $353M for surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. Privacy devs criminalized while compliant chains get funded. "Comply or Die" reality hitting crypto developers. Roman Storm of Tornado Cash was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitter, while Samurai Wallet devs took plea deals. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $353M for Plasma - a fully compliant, surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. We explore the stark contrast between privacy developers facing prison time and establishment players launching token sales with regulatory blessing. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • Roman Storm faces up to 5 years in prison • Samurai devs face $6.3M in fines each • Plasma raised $353M in oversubscribed round • Only 10% of Plasma tokens for public sale • 25% token allocation goes to investors • Legal defense funds were crowdfunded Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:20 Is Peter Theil the Antichrist? 03:25 Tornadocash 18:39 Peter Theil goes ICO baby! - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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20260325 BSL Tether's Big Four Audit, Blue Owl's Private Credit Risk, New Bitcoin Client

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Monument Bank Taps Privacy-Focused Midnight to Tokenize £250M in Retail Deposits

Monument Bank Taps Privacy-Focused Midnight to Tokenize £250M in Retail Deposits

Monument becomes first bank to tokenize deposits on Midnight network. Monument Bank founder Mintoo Bhandari and Midnight Foundation President Fahmi Syed join CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to announce t...

25 Mar 17min

Circle Stock Tumbles 20% on Newest Clarity Act Draft  | CoinDesk Daily

Circle Stock Tumbles 20% on Newest Clarity Act Draft | CoinDesk Daily

Circle and Coinbase shares fell following new Clarity Act's stablecoin rules. Circle shares fell 20% and Coinbase dropped about 10% after a draft of the U.S. Clarity Act raised the prospect of strict...

25 Mar 2min

How Ryan Wyatt is Rebuilding the Investment Experience for the Gen Z Audience

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Cronos Labs CEO, Ryan Wyatt, reveals the roadmap to fix the "bad taste" crypto left for Gen Z by trading technical jargon for a mobile-first investment engine Ryan Wyatt, CEO of Cronos Labs, joins Ge...

24 Mar 37min

New Clarity Act Draft Prohibits Stablecoin Yield Payments | CoinDesk Daily

New Clarity Act Draft Prohibits Stablecoin Yield Payments | CoinDesk Daily

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24 Mar 3min

Blockspace: The Fed vs. Iran vs. BTC, Layoffs Sweep Crypto, Strategy’s $44 Billion Stock Offering

Blockspace: The Fed vs. Iran vs. BTC, Layoffs Sweep Crypto, Strategy’s $44 Billion Stock Offering

On today’s Blockspace Live, crypto layoffs are heating up, and Strategy files for $44 billion in stock offerings. Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC ...

24 Mar 57min

What Middle East Tension Means for Risk Assets: Public Keys at NYSE

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