Coin Center Fellow Michael Lewellen sues DOJ over their criminalization of software development

Coin Center supports a new lawsuit to oppose legal reasoning that would require just about everyone in crypto get a money transmission license.

Today Coin Center Fellow and smart contract security expert Michael Lewellen filed suit against the Department of Justice for their chilling interpretation of the unlicensed money transmission criminal statutes. Coin Center is supporting his case. Michael should be free to build and publish the brilliant software he’s been working on—free from fear of unjust persecution. And the contrary position taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet prosecutions is unconstitutional and anti-innovation.