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Unconstitutional Crypto Surveillance Tucked Inside Biden’s Infrastructure Bill?

In November, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the infrastructure bill that includes a controversial provision broadening the tax code’s definition of “broker.” Yet, crypto and civil liberties attorney Marta Belcher suggests there could be another hidden crypto provision that violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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US Appeals Court Allows Warrantless Search of Blockchain, Exchange Data

A federal appeals court ruled public blockchain information and information stored on crypto exchanges do not provide a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. (Bobak Ha'Eri/Wikimedia Commons)

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