Most Federal Agencies Have Changed Their Tune on Crypto. Not the DOJ.
Posted March 19, 2025 at 4:19 pm EST.
The federal government made an about-face when it comes to crypto under President Trump. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dismissing lawsuits against crypto companies left and right, while Trump’s Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said he would “end the regulatory weaponization against digital assets” at the White House’s crypto summit earlier this month.
But the Department of Justice (DOJ) is not following the same path.
Instead, its investigations and enforcement actions against the industry continue apace. A likely reason for this steadfastness is that whereas the crypto issues that SEC and CFTC enforce are…
