OpenAI has taken its dispute with The New York Times beyond the courtroom and into the public arena, criticizing the newspaper for allegedly seeking to intrude upon user privacy by demanding access to millions of ChatGPT interaction logs. What OpenAI’s public statements omit, however, is a key legal development: a federal court has already ruled…
On December 15, 2025, President Donald Trump indicated that his administration would review the case of Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, who is serving a five-year federal prison sentence for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The announcement, made during an Oval Office press briefing, came just days before Rodriguez’s scheduled prison reporting…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the civil forfeiture of approximately 127,271 BTC (valued at roughly $14–15 billion) connected to a transnational crypto-fraud and forced-labor network operating out of Cambodia. What’s most striking, however, is that some of the wallet addresses listed in the U.S. government’s seizure filings had already been flagged nearly…
September 29, 2025, marked a significant milestone for the crypto and decentralized infrastructure world. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a no-action letter to DoubleZero, signaling it would not recommend enforcement action against the project’s launch of its 2Z token, so long as the token is distributed under the…
This is an opinion piece written by Hodder Law, and does not constitute legal or financial advice. When the public hears the phrase Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), most assume the United States has yet to move in that direction. They are wrong. The passage of the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement (STABLE) Act…
The debate over geofence warrants, sometimes called “reverse location” warrants, has been pushed into the spotlight by recent high-profile investigations in Utah. Commentator Charlie Kirk’s name surfaced in public discussion as a touchstone for hypothetical investigative scenarios, raising awareness of how these warrants work and the unresolved constitutional questions they raise. At the center of…
Two Supreme Court decisions, handed down on back-to-back days in 2024, didn’t just tweak administrative law; they redrew the map for anyone building in crypto. Less deference to agencies. More juries. More front-loaded fights about what the statutes say. The rulings, in plain English In Loper Bright, the Court said judges must use their judgment…
The U.S. didn’t just update a sanctions entry; it mapped an evolving ecosystem: a shuttered exchange, a successor platform, executives, affiliates, and new on-chain footprints. If you run an exchange, OTC desk, wallet, or DeFi front-end, this one reads like a controls blueprint. The action, by the numbers A new round of designations landed with…
The biggest compliance plot twist of 2025 arrived quietly, in the Federal Register. One rule making later, millions of U.S. startups, crypto or otherwise, found themselves out of scope for federal beneficial-ownership reporting. Here’s the new reality, minus the noise. Quick overview Spring’s rule change narrowed the scope of who must file beneficial ownership information….
This post distills recent public reporting on a North Korean (DPRK) remote-worker scheme into the concrete legal, sanctions, and insider-risk steps counsel should drive right now. Quick Overview A recent investigation by on-chain analyst ZachXBT reveals how a small North Korean (DPRK) team utilized over 30 fabricated identities, complete with government-issued IDs and purchased Upwork/LinkedIn…