We're officially living in the post-ETF world, and people are sick and tired of the supposedly "merit neutral" SEC spreading lies and FUD about Bitcoin. SEC Chair Gary Gensler went on Squawk Box, trotting out his greatest hits, only to be brutally rebuffed by host Joe Kernan. 
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SEC Chair Gensler's Feeble Anti-BTC Arguments Smacked Down on National TV

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A Congressional Letter Pushing Back on Gensler's Rogue SEC

By a vote of 60-38, the Senate has voted to repeal SAB121. The decision is in direct defiance of the Biden White House, who pledged to veto the bill if it passed. The decision has changed the landscape of crypto politics. 
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With SAB121 Overturned, A New Era of Crypto Politics Begins

The US Department of Justice is getting significantly more sophisticated in its crypto criminal prosecution, as witness by the recent arrest in an MEV-related case. 
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The First MEV-Related Arrest

Alexey Pertsev has been convicted of money laundering charges in the Netherlands, with the judge explicitly saying that his writing code for Tornado Cash made him culpable. NLW discusses the community's reactions. 
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Tornado Cash Developer Convicted

Roaring Kitty aka Deep F***ing Value aka Keith Gill has reemerged and with him has come memestock mania. NLW digs in, plus looks at DC's increasing pushback against the Anti-Crypto Army. 
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SEC Chair Gensler's Feeble Anti-BTC Arguments Smacked Down on National TV

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