In brief

  • A coalition of 114 crypto companies and tech lobbying groups sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee demanding strong legal protections for software developers in any upcoming crypto market structure bill.
  • The letter emphasized that developers of decentralized software should not face criminal liability for how others use their programs, comparing public blockchains to neutral infrastructure like roads or the internet.
  • Signers, including Coinbase, Grayscale, Solana Labs, and Andreessen Horowitz, warned that without these protections, the industry cannot support the legislation, citing concerns about the federal law recently used to convict Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm.

A massive coalition of tech lobbying groups and crypto companies jointly issued a letter to the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday, warning they will collectively protest an upcoming crypto market structure bill unless it features key legal protections for software developers. 

“We […] speak to Congress with one voice: provide robust, nationwide protections for software developers and non-custodial service providers in market structure legislation,” the letter reads. “Without such protections, we cannot support a market structure bill.”

A total of 114 parties signed the letter, including Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase, DCG, Grayscale, Kraken, Paradigm, Solana Labs, and Uniswap

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