BitFury Names Former Justice Department Official to Advisory Board
This piece has been updated with additional comment and information from BitFury. A former US Department of Justice official has been named to the board of strategic advisors at bitcoin mining firm BitFury. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein will act as a regulatory and law enforcement liaison for BitFury. Currently a partner at Washington, DC-based law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Weinstein will serve in a private capacity while continuing his work at the law firm. Weinstein resigned from the Justice Department in 2012 during a....
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