Executive Director at Coin Center.https://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lrdhips7os2z@levendowski.net hi, this is Peter (and yes for real not a bot, feel free to post challenge questions about NYU law). Could we DM about something?11 Jun 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdhips7os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lqpezvzarz2sReading this headline as a crypto policy wonk was an emotional journey https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-visa-mastercard-dollars-sanctions-militias-0ecea0b903 Jun 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpezvzarz2shttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lqd4gypp5c2wThis sounds glib but I'm serious. A financial institution has a good business reason to know certain specific risks a customer presents (creditworthiness, illicit activities). That does not mean they have a good business reason to know anything else about them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqd4gypp5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lqd4fvltbk2wwhat we need is separation of banking from identity29 May 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqd4fvltbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lq6amcway726For those keeping score at home on the unintended consequences of KYC... today the hacked Instagram account of a multi-platinum rapper posted the passport and face of a major crypto founder because he refused to pay the hackers 40 Bitcoin. Things are only going to get weirder and worse.27 May 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6amcway726https://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lq5tw3nxt227Found two of these "stink horns" in the garden this morning. Fungus I didn't even know existed. Delightful. Blooms quickly, smells dead, attracts flies. Sign of healthy soil.27 May 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5tw3nxt227https://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lpzzwtohgi2mapple. car.26 May 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzzwtohgi2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lps4lt4xj22zFart coin is never trending on blue sky. Sad.22 May 2025 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lps4lt4xj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lpplyhwclj2uThe $200 CTR threshold on the southern border might be the final straw for the BSA's constitutionality (the 1970s cases that found it constitutional had deciding votes from justices who warned that more aggressive surveillance would go too far). https://ij.org/press-release/federal-court-enjoins-ruinous-financial-surveillance-of-california-money-services-businesses/21 May 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpplyhwclj2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lponnga6522kThe crypto shaped hole in the US Constitution. This is my philosophical take on why crypto (despite all the garbage coins and gambling) matters fundamentally to freedom, privacy, and inclusivity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lponnga6522khttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lponkbnurs2kIf people started using crypto to avoid this tax and lawmakers tried to close the loophole with unconstitutional restrictions on speech and software publication we'd happily fight it out in the courts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lponkbnurs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/valkenburgh.bsky.social/post/3lpongusf422kThis x post made me want to spend more time here.21 May 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:luubvjrmoikzd5duighix4ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpongusf422k