High Stakes: A Legal Test for MEV and Crypto Enforcement

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The outcome of the case could carry serious consequences. If retried and convicted on charges including wire fraud and money laundering, the brothers could face sentences of up to 20 years per count. Prosecutors maintain that existing law is sufficient to address the alleged conduct, while critics say those laws were never designed for decentralized systems.

Other advocacy groups, including Coin Center, have echoed concerns about overreach, unsuccessfully seeking to weigh in during the trial. As courts revisit the matter, the case is increasingly viewed as a bellwether for how aggressively US authorities will pursue DeFi-related activity — and how much legal clarity developers can expect going forward.

[96f402f86e]

this is where crypto law gets scary, bots doing what they’re programmed to do

[The_Walking_Dead]

Code intent vs human intent is the real gray zone.

[Capybara_Capybara]

Punishing devs for autonomous execution is dangerous precedent.

[Revenant]

Laws written for people don’t map cleanly to bots.