The service was non-custodial: it coordinated transactions between users without ever holding their coins. Prosecutors argued the coordination itself constituted money transmission, a reading that would reach much self-custody software.
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Samourai Wallet's founders are arrested
U.S. prosecutors charged the developers of a bitcoin privacy wallet with money laundering and unlicensed money transmission.
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