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Price data by
Sander Lutz

Sander Lutz

Sander is a senior writer at Decrypt reporting on crypto policy from the White House. He covers crypto's impact on politics, law, and culture. Sander graduated from UC Berkeley and holds a masters in history from Cambridge. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Stories by Sander Lutz

  • President Donald Trump. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Trump Walks Back Prediction Market Criticism, Says 'Smart People' He Knows Like Them

    President Donald Trump appeared to walk back criticism of prediction markets over the weekend, suggesting he wasn’t yet sure where he stood on the matter or whether he’d prefer if the emerging sector were regulated differently. On Thursday, the president told reporters he was “never much in favor” of prediction markets—a booming industry that now accounts for over $7 billion in weekly trading volume—which he said have played a part in turning “the whole world, unfortunately [into] somewhat of a...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • A scam compound in Cambodia. Image: Amnesty International/Decrypt

    US Treasury Sanctions Powerful Cambodian Politician Allegedly Tied to Crypto Scam Network

    The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a powerful Cambodian senator and 28 entities associated with him Thursday, claiming he is at the center of a massive crypto scam operation. The senator, Kok An, is one of the richest and best-connected men in Cambodia, who owns a sprawling portfolio of resorts and casinos. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accused him today of converting many of those venues into crypto scam centers organized by criminal organizations and populated by hum...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Bitcoin and the U.S. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    US Government Runs a Bitcoin Node, But Not Mining BTC: US Admiral

    A top military official told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. government currently runs a node on the Bitcoin network, to conduct tests related to network security. “We have a node on the Bitcoin network right now,” Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. “We’re not mining Bitcoin,” he continued. “We’re using it to monitor, and we’re doing a number of operational tests to secure and protect networks using the Bitcoin pro...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Kalshi prediction market data displayed in New York City. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    New York, Illinois Ban Government Employees From Insider Trading on Prediction Markets

    New York and Illinois became the latest states to ban government employees from using insider information on prediction markets this week, as the United States rushes to adapt to risks posed by the novel trading platforms. On Wednesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order banning all state employees from using nonpublic information obtained in their job to make wagers on prediction markets. A near-identical executive order was signed Tuesday by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzk...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • New York Attorney General Letitia James. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    New York Sues Coinbase and Gemini Over Prediction Markets, Seeking Billions in Damages

    The state of New York filed a pair of high-stakes lawsuits Tuesday against Coinbase and Gemini, arguing the crypto companies violated state gambling laws by offering prediction markets. The suits, filed Tuesday in a Manhattan state court, target not only sports-related wagers on Coinbase and Gemini, but also the firms’ prediction markets related to entertainment and politics. New York Attorney General Letitia James also took issue in the lawsuits with the fact that both Coinbase and Gemini allo...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Elizabeth Warren. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Elizabeth Warren Accuses SEC Chair Paul Atkins of Potentially Lying to Congress

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the highest-ranking Democrat on the powerful Senate Banking Committee, formally accused the head of the SEC this week of potentially lying to Congress—an illegal act punishable with imprisonment. In a letter sent Wednesday, Warren told SEC Chair Paul Atkins she believes the regulator may have intentionally misled the Banking Committee during a February 12 hearing, when Atkins was pressed about the SEC’s plummeting number of new enforcement actions under the second T...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Former President Joe Biden. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Suspicious Polymarket Trader Made $320K on Last-Minute 2025 Biden Pardons

    A supremely well-timed Polymarket trader netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit betting flawlessly on former President Joe Biden’s last acts in office, newly surfaced on-chain data has revealed. Last year, on Biden’s final day in office, two connected Polymarket accounts correctly chose four of the five individuals the president pardoned in his final hours at the White House. None of the bets they made were inaccurate—and even as odds related to the pardons dropped close to zero as Bi...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • CFTC Chairman Michael Selig. Image: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Decrypt

    CFTC Chair Mike Selig Faces Bipartisan Pushback on Prediction Markets, Hyperliquid Perps

    CFTC Chairman Mike Selig received pushback from both sides of the aisle Thursday, with lawmakers in both parties grilling the regulator about controversial new financial products under his purview, including prediction markets and Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetual futures exchange. During a hearing today before the House Agriculture Committee, which oversees the CFTC, Democrats pressed Selig on a growing number of suspicious futures trades—timed just prior to major announcements from Pres...

    NewsLaw and Order
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Image: Decrypt

    Will Maine Governor Janet Mills Sign Nation's First AI Data Center Ban Into Law?

    Maine Governor Janet Mills, who is currently locked in a bitter Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat, will have to decide in the coming days whether to sign or veto the nation’s first-ever ban on AI data centers. Earlier this week, Maine’s state legislature became the first in the country to pass a temporary moratorium on data centers above a certain size. The ban would last for over a year, and the legislation would also create a council for vetting proposed projects at the town level. AI...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Pakistan flag. Image: Decrypt/Unsplash

    Pakistan Lifts 8-Year Crypto Banking Ban Following Trump Family, Binance Deals

    Eight years after banning all banks from providing crypto services, Pakistan has officially greenlit the practice—a move poised to quickly facilitate the adoption of digital assets in the world’s fifth-most populous country. In a letter issued this week, Pakistan’s central bank formally rescinded its prior crypto restrictions, which were instituted in 2018. The new pro-crypto policy is in line with the nation’s Virtual Assets Act of 2026, a regulatory framework for the industry that was enacted...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, home to the Fed's Reserve Board. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Discloses Vast Wealth, Investments in Polymarket and SpaceX

    President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve disclosed a vast fortune Tuesday worth well over $100 million, which includes numerous investments in the crypto sector and other emerging tech startups. Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor with deep Wall Street ties, was required to disclose his personal finances as part of his Senate confirmation process. His filing reveals a significant net worth. Warsh has $100 million parked in a single investment fund, for instance—one of dozens...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Closeup of the seal of the SEC at its headquarters in Washington, DC. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    New Pro-DeFi Policies Show the SEC Isn't Waiting for Congress to Act on Crypto

    The SEC unveiled a new policy Monday exempting certain decentralized finance interfaces from key registration requirements—a proactive move that indicates the regulator is moving full-steam ahead on its crypto agenda, with or without Congress. The new policy, laid out today in an SEC staff statement, allows user interfaces for DeFi tools to forego registration as broker-dealers, so long as they meet certain requirements. User interfaces, as defined by the SEC, are services, created by crypto co...

    NewsLaw and Order
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Tron founder Justin Sun. Image: Tron/Decrypt

    Justin Sun Bashes Trump Family's World Liberty, Claims Investors Used as 'Personal ATM'

    A months-simmering spat between the Trump family’s crypto company and one of its principal backers erupted into public view over the weekend, with threats of corruption and legal action flying in both directions. Amid the emerging feud, which coincided with a number of other developments for the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial, the company’s native WLFI token has plummeted to its lowest-ever value over the weekend. The token is currently trading at just shy of $0.08, down 20% in the last...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Image: United States Department of the Treasury/Decrypt

    Treasury Secretary Bessent Slams Crypto Industry 'Nihilists' as Clarity Act Remains in Limbo

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lashed out Thursday against crypto leaders still resisting the passage of the industry’s long-coveted Clarity Act, dubbing them “nihilists” who must be overcome to ensure the stalled bill’s passage. “A growing share of crypto development relocated to places with clear rules, such as Abu Dhabi and Singapore,” Bessent said in an op-ed published late Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal. “Though industry nihilists may argue otherwise, there is one way to give...

    NewsLaw and Order
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Joe Schiarizzi. Image: Decrypt/Schiarizzi for Congress

    Meet the Anti-Trump Crypto Developer Running for Congress in Virginia

    November’s hotly anticipated midterms are poised to bring a new wave of legislators to Washington for the first time—including, potentially, America’s first crypto developer-turned-congressman. Joe Schiarizzi, a longtime Ethereum developer, launched a campaign Thursday to run as a Democratic House candidate in D.C.’s Virginia suburbs. Schiarizzi plans to run in Virginia’s 7th congressional district, which, pending a statewide ballot measure, could be redrawn later this month and left without an...

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    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Iranian rial and Bitcoin. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Iran Wants Bitcoin Payments From Oil Ships Seeking Hormuz Passage: FT

    In the wake of a two-week ceasefire reached last night between the United States and Iran, Iranian leaders have announced a Bitcoin-centered plan to retain control of the Strait of Hormuz while allowing oil tankers to resume normal traffic through the crucial waterway. The Iranian government will levy a fee of $1 per every barrel of oil that passes through the strait, and the fee will have to be paid in Bitcoin, according to a Wednesday report in the Financial Times. Every ship seeking to pass...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Tornado Cash. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Trump DOJ Rejects Tornado Cash Developer’s Newest Argument for Dismissal

    Attorneys for the Department of Justice poured cold water Tuesday on Ethereum developer Roman Storm’s latest plea for dismissal of his criminal case—which could now head to court for a second time.  In a letter sent today, federal prosecutors urged federal judge Katherine Polk Failla to disregard a recent Supreme Court ruling, which Storm’s attorneys said could have significant implications for the software developer’s current legal woes. Storm was arrested and charged in 2023 for operating Tor...

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    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Kalshi. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Kalshi Scores Biggest Legal Win Yet in Appeals Court Decision Against New Jersey

    A federal appeals court in Philadelphia handed a significant victory to Kalshi Monday, ruling that New Jersey has no claim to regulate the prediction market under existing state gambling laws. Wagers on Kalshi—including those related to sports—instead fall under the federal purview of the CFTC, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled 2-1 on Monday. The appeals court affirmed a preliminary injunction granted last spring against New Jersey, after gambling regulators in the state sent Kalshi a ceas...

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    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Trump’s New Attorney General Held Bitcoin—But Has a Mixed Crypto Track Record

    On Thursday, President Donald Trump fired his attorney general, Pam Bondi—and elevated her deputy, Todd Blanche, to run the Department of Justice. Trump suggested the promotion was temporary, but reports suggest the president is waiting to see how Blanche, his former personal attorney, performs in the new role. Blanche’s promotion has many implications, including some for crypto. The former federal prosecutor instigated a number of pro-industry reforms at the Department of Justice last year, and...

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    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • President Donald Trump. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Trump Admin Backs Prediction Markets With Lawsuits Against Illinois, Arizona and Connecticut

    The Justice Department and the CFTC jointly filed lawsuits Thursday against Illinois, Arizona, and Connecticut, coming to the aid of prediction markets in the latest escalation of an ongoing jurisdictional battle over the novel sector. In the lawsuits, the Trump administration argues the CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction to regulate sports-related wagers on popular prediction market platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi. In the last year, a growing number of states have sued such platforms, ar...

    NewsLaw and Order
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
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