Ray Dalio stated that he holds Bitcoin, but is concerned about the development of quantum computing technology and the prospect of central banks adopting Bitcoin. (Decrypt)
The two co founders of Samourai Wallet were sentenced to four and five years in prison respectively for operating an unlicensed fund transfer business. The US Department of Justice believes that their non custodial CoinJoin mixer still constitutes a fund transfer behavior. (Cointelegraph)
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