What I learned attending crypto courtroom dramas in 2025 – DL News
The Guidance
- DL News correspondent Aleks Gilbert learned a couple things attending crypto court cases in 2025.
- Among them: jurors’ heroism, victims’ pain, and the practical meaning of our digital panopticon.
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I keep terrible company.
Only one of my friends cares about crypto, and he isn’t what you’d call a “normie.”
This means I don’t get many opportunities to practice the art of translating cryptospeak into plain English — except, of course, through my reporting, but that’s usually a one-way conversation.
It’s why I love attending crypto trials. It’s fascinating watching lawyers try to explain, say, a crypto mixer to a captive, lay…
