With Bill Barr leaving the DoJ, what will the next Attorney General do about crypto?
Cointelegraph
Published Dec 15, 2020 02:10PM ET
Updated Dec 15, 2020 05:20PM ET
In a tweet Monday evening, President Trump announced the departure of William Barr from the office of Attorney General. The announcement comes the same day that the Electoral College convened and confirmed Joe Biden's victory in the November election.
Barr, long one of Trump's most loyal allies, will be stepping down on December 23. Under Barr's leadership, the Department of Justice has ramped up its actions in crypto, including high-profile criminal charges against BitMEX's leadership and the release of a new framework for crypto enforcement in October. The latter half of this year has also seen the largest seizures of crypto assets yet.
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