Week 2! Lots of good stuff this week. Definitely do not miss the content recs.

Big week - we’re marking this as week #1 of my official cohosting role All DATs all the time these days, apparently @nic__carter - you should come on next to provide the counter to our discussion on your tweet regarding these vehicles

Since our statement on Friday, we've received overwhelming support from across the crypto, tech, and venture communities. We want to sincerely thank you all for standing behind us. The DOJ has now backtracked. They have stated on the record in the trial Monday morning that the media reports that they were planning to bring charges against Dragonfly were inaccurate, and neither Dragonfly nor any of its principals are targets in their investigation. The DOJ's public statements on Friday in open court—that Dragonfly, as investors, could face prosecution merely for backing an open-source privacy technology—was not only unprecedented, it was a clear violation of DOJ policy. They are never allowed to speculate on prosecuting a third party in open court in front of the media. The prosecutors did this to prevent us from testifying for the defense. But even the notion that an investor could be charged would have induced a chilling effect on investment into blockchain and privacy-preserving technologies. We sincerely thank you all for your support. With that behind us, the focus should remain on Roman Storm's trial, which is now nearing closing arguments as soon as this week. Its outcome will have massive implications for open-source software and privacy rights in America. We are hopeful that the American judicial system will get this right.

Analyzing why the Pump chart has been down. 🎙️ @HadickM @JasonYanowitz

Dragonfly invested into PepperSec, Inc., the developers of Tornado Cash, in August of 2020. We made this investment because we believe in the importance of open-source privacy-preserving technology. Prior to our investment, we obtained an outside legal opinion that confirmed that Tornado Cash as built complied with the law, under the guidance given by FinCEN in 2019. The government has now stated in open court that they are contemplating charges against Dragonfly for having invested into the Tornado Cash team in 2020. On counsel’s advice, we have refrained from public comment. But we can no longer remain silent. We believe deeply in Americans’ right to privacy, and the lack of it remains one of crypto’s largest unsolved problems. We therefore stand by our investment. We did not operate or exercise any control over Tornado Cash, we had no contact with any malicious users, we always encouraged our portfolio companies to follow the law, and we maintain that Tornado Cash itself has a lawful right to exist—a view reinforced by Van Loon v. Department of the Treasury and OFAC’s subsequent rescission of sanctions. Charging a venture firm for a portfolio company’s alleged misconduct would be unprecedented, especially under these circumstances. In 2023 we received a DOJ subpoena and have fully cooperated with the government’s investigation of Tornado Cash, confident that we have always complied with the law. The DOJ has made clear that we are not ourselves a target of their investigation. As with every investment, we provided PepperSec the same advice and support we offer all portfolio companies. We believe the government’s statement in court today was primarily to undermine a defense of Tornado Cash—to make it more difficult for the defense to call Tom to testify on the stand. After all of this time—years later—bringing charges against Dragonfly would be outrageous, contrary to the facts and the law, and would induce a chilling effect onto all investment into crypto and privacy-preserving technologies in America. We don’t believe the DOJ would actually bring such absurd and groundless charges. But if they do, we intend to vigorously defend ourselves.

Day 3 out Out East Summit is off to a strong start, with @Scaramucci, Founder & Managing Partner, @SkyBridge, joining us for a fireside chat. Thanks to our moderator, @HadickM, General Partner, @Dragonfly_xyz.

Great time with two of my favorites. @HadickM @Scaramucci @TheTieIO

Can someone point me to the dataset for this? All the onchain analytics I see show a small fraction of this?

With the GENIUS Act becoming law, the stablecoin dam officially broke: @circle and @Tether_to cranking. @ethena_labs experimenting. @withAUSD rolling out stables-as-a-service As @dragonfly_xyz partner @HadickM explains, the race is on to $15 TRILLION

Some personal news 🙌 I’m super excited to share that I’m joining @dragonfly_xyz to build out portfolio support! Thrilled to be working with some of the most brilliant folks in crypto and excited to learn from powerhouses @casatay @hosseeb @tomhschmidt and the whole team!