A Further Crackdown On Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists

Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet that also serves as a mixer, with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.Many, including activists and human rights defenders, spoke out about the significance of this legal action soon after the…