Bank of America Broke the Law for 7 Years. Samourai Devs Got Prison. | Rabbit Hole Recap

Bank of America admitted it willfully broke the Bank Secrecy Act for seven years, paid $1.2 billion and nobody is going to jail. The Samourai Wallet devs wrote software that never touched a dime of anyone's money and they're sitting in federal prison. Marty Bent and Thomas Pacchia are live in New York to break down the two-tier justice system, the central bankers' bank admitting money runs on bailouts, and the rest of the week in bitcoin, AI and freedom tech. On today's show: ⚖️ Bank of America's $1.2B fine vs. Samourai and Roman Storm: FinCEN told SDNY Samourai wasn't a money transmitter. They charged them anyway. 🏦 The OCC's debanking report: banks cut off bitcoin businesses and used SAR secrecy to explain nothing 📜 The BIS says money needs "backstops that socialise the inherent fragility." Translation: bailouts. They also admit bitcoin removes trust in an issuer. 🔓 Ledger drain update: a confirmed hardware implant, $100M+ taken from 300+ wallets, and how to buy and verify a hardware wallet 🤖 If copying is free, what's left to own? AI clones of Word, Xbox embracing decompiles and a dead QuickBooks license ⚡️ DOE puts PJM's backup generators on standby in October, and why miners are the best load on the grid 📉 Measured in gold, the average Brit is poorer than in 1975 Drop your questions in the chat. We'll get to as many as we can. 📰 Read the newsletters behind this episode: Bank of America & Samourai: https://www.tftc.io/bank-of-america-fine-samourai-two-tier-justice The OCC debanking report: https://www.tftc.io/occ-debanking-report-megabanks-politics-digital-assets The BIS paper: https://www.tftc.io/bis-money-architecture-of-trust-bitcoin Ledger implant: https://www.tftc.io/ledger-cryptobilis-hardware-wallet-implant-authorized-reseller AI & intellectual property: https://www.tftc.io/intellectual-property-ai-copying-gunpowder-colt-bitcoin Follow Marty: https://x.com/MartyBent Follow Thomas: https://x.com/tpacchia TFTC: https://tftc.io bitcoin #BankofAmerica #Samourai