The arrest of the founders of Samourai Wallet led to widespread concerns in the crypto community that the U.S. government was attempting to crack down on the industry
Crypto mixing services are not a crime, wrote Ki Young Ju, the founder and CEO of CryptoQuant, in response to the recent arrest of the Samourai Wallet founders.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has arrested pioneers in Bitcoin privacy, according to Ki, who wrote in an April 25 X post:
On April 24, Cointelegraph reported that cryptocurrency wallet Samourai Wallet CEO Keonne Rodriguez and chief technology officer William Hill will each face one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.