Dragonfly Partner Responds to Potential US Department of Justice Charges: Fully Intends to Defend Itself
BlockBeats News, July 26th, Dragonfly partner Haseeb responded to the news that "The U.S. Department of Justice is considering charging DragonFly employees in the Tornado Cash case," stating, "Dragonfly invested in Tornado Cash's developer PepperSec, Inc in August 2020 because they believed in the importance of open-source privacy protection technology. Prior to the investment, Dragonfly obtained external legal advice confirming that Tornado Cash's development was compliant with the law and aligned with the guidelines issued by FinCEN, a U.S. Treasury Department agency, in 2019. The U.S. government has publicly stated in court that they are considering charges against Dragonfly. Based on legal advice, we have decided not to comment publicly at this time, but have chosen not to remain silent."
"We firmly believe that Americans have the right to privacy, and the lack of privacy remains one of the biggest unsolved problems in the cryptocurrency field. Therefore, we stand by our investment position. It is outrageous that, after many years, charges are being brought against Dragonfly, which goes against the facts and the law, and will have a chilling effect on all U.S. investments in cryptocurrency and privacy protection technology. Dragonfly intends to vigorously defend itself."
You may also like

Connecting encryption, TradFi, and payments, is Gate completing the final puzzle of the "super APP"?

a16z Crypto Operating Partner: Wall Street is undergoing its biggest infrastructure upgrade in 30 years

a16z Crypto's latest research: What is the key to the large-scale application of DeFi?

Founder of Delphi Labs: My observations and feelings about the AI ecosystem in China in two weeks

AI Seating Chart Released | Rewire News Morning Brief

Is the era of Embodied AI's "GPT Moment" Approaching? Axis Robotics Announces End of Testing, Set to Launch on Base Chain

Meta Layoff Explained: On the same day as laying off 700 people, they handed out $90 billion in retention bonuses to executives

Binance Cracks Down on Market Makers, a Long-overdue Trial

Wall Street Collective Bearish on 2026, Will the Oil Crisis Trigger a Recession?

Hollywood's AI Necromancy: Death Is No Longer the End of Labor

a16z: DeFi Struggling to Support a True Financial Market

Morning News | Bitmine launches institutional Ethereum staking platform MAVAN; Franklin Templeton launches tokenized ETF; Morgan Stanley to issue and sponsor Bitcoin ETF

Kalshi early employees: Whoever controls the traffic controls the market

Tether signs contracts with four major audits, Circle's compliance moat collapses, stock price plummets by 20%

Proudly Introducing Aethir Claw: Your AI Agent, Our Infrastructure

Why Buying Gold Can Lead to Bankruptcy

If the US Treasury yield rises above 5%, will Bitcoin drop below $50,000?

