Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court questioning the legality of sending “broad, suspicionless” requests for data to crypto exchanges such as Coinbase and other firms.
Many crypto exchanges have been hit by these types of requests, termed “John Doe” requests. And it’s not been limited to Coinbase: Competitor crypto exchange Kraken and USDC stablecoin issuer Circle received them in 2021.
The brief was filed in support of the case of James Harper, who has been locked in a legal battle with the IRS since 2020. Harper’s civil case objected to the IRS using a subpoena to obtain three years of transaction records concerning over 14,000 customers from cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase,…
Apr 03 2025
