FinCEN’s Crypto Surveillance Rule Violates the US Constitution

FinCEN’s Crypto Surveillance Rule Violates the US Constitution

Proposals requiring crypto companies to report transactions amount to "mass surveillance" and flout the Fourth Amendment.


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