No Mercy For Samourai Wallet Developer: Keonne Rodriguez Sentenced To The Max...
The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez, was given the maximum prison time this week after his guilty plea in a US federal case linked to tools that allowed Bitcoin users to attempt to conceal their transactions. Related Reading: Bitcoin Boom Reward: Spain’s Science Institute To Liquidate Decade-Old BTC Holdings According to court filings, the […]
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According to AIMA and PwC’s Seventh Annual Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report, more than half of traditional hedge funds now hold crypto. Related Reading: No Mercy For Samourai Wallet Developer: Keonne Rodriguez Sentenced To The Maximum The survey shows 55% have some crypto exposure, up from 47% in 2024. That number alone signals a shift […]
Keanne Rodriguez, co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, was sentenced to five years in prison on November 7th. Following this, on November 19th, co-founder William Hill received a four-year prison sentence for their roles in facilitating illegal transactions through their platform. Samourai Wallet Founders Charged According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern […]
Keonne Rodriguez, one of the co-founders of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for his role in operating a service that allegedly laundered “hundreds of millions of dollars” derived from illegal dark web activities and fraudulent schemes. US District Judge Denise Cote imposed the maximum sentence for the charge of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transmitting business during a hearing on Thursday. Rodriguez Pleads Guilty In Samourai Wallet Case Rodriguez entered a guilty plea to this charge back in July as part of a plea....
Blockchain.info just reached 2 million wallet users, a historic landmark for the company and the bitcoin community. Blockchain was founded by UK developer Ben Reeves in 2011 making Blockchain a veteran business in the space. Within the last couple of weeks Blockchain has released a refreshed Android wallet and have reintroduced an iOS wallet on the app store which has surely helped them reach this 2 million mark. However, 2 million is a long way from being mainstream, so I spoke with Keonne Rodriguez, who is Project Lead at Blockchain and is working on the user interface (UI) and user....
Samourai Wallet developers don’t believe you should trust their wallet platform. “Users should look at our reputation thus far and make a judgement as to if we are honest and trustworthy, but at the end of the day code doesn’t lie, we have produced the code, anyone can go take a look, can comment, can suggest, can criticize, can fork,” a developer, who goes by ‘SW’, told CCN. Bitcoiners should only trust one person when it comes to storing their bitcoin – themselves. Samourai formally started development in February 2015 with the goal of filling a major void in the Bitcoin wallet space:....