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A coalition of eight cryptocurrency industry organisations filed an amicus brief late 7 July backing software developer Michael Lewellen in his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice. Signatories include the DeFi Education Fund, Paradigm, the Bitcoin Policy Institute, the Blockchain Association, the Crypto Council for Innovation, the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Solana Foundation and the Uniswap Foundation. The filing asks the court to deny the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss Lewellen’s complaint, arguing that the agency is stretching federal money-transmission statutes to cover the publication of open-source code. The groups contend that treating software developers as money transmitters threatens lawful innovation and undermines the open-source model that underpins much of the blockchain sector.
✅ Proud to stand with this coalition defending developers and the future of blockchain innovation in the U.S. Code is not a crime. Building open-source tools is not money transmission. The law and common sense must prevail. https://t.co/VpzndMlHqf
The Digital Chamber proudly joined @fund_defi, @SolanaInstitute, @paradigm, @btcpolicyorg, @BlockchainAssn, @crypto_council, and @UniswapFND to file an amicus brief in a critical case defending crypto developers against DOJ overreach on money transmission laws. 🧵 https://t.co/sOteTywyz8
1/ We’re proud to join @paradigm, @fund_defi, @btcpolicyorg, @crypto_council, @DigitalChamber, @SolanaInstitute, and @UniswapFND to support Michael Lewellen’s effort against the DOJ’s targeting of software developers. Here’s our amicus brief in support of Lewellen’s opposition
