Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh and Lizandro Pieper published a report arguing crypto code publication is protected First Amendment speech — developers are "speakers and inventors, not agents, custodians, or fiduciaries." The report invokes Lowe v. SEC (1985) to argue licensing or pre-registration requirements for developers would amount to unconstitutional prior restraint. Direct pushback against the recent money-transmitting convictions of Tornado Cash's Roman Storm and Samourai Wallet's co-founders, framing prosecutors as inventing "missing middlemen" where none exist.

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