Why the Samourai case and WoS’s return to the USA could change the American Bitcoin ecosystem.

On May 17th, Wallet of Satoshi (“WoS“), the wallet software designed to operate on Bitcoin’s Lightning network, announced on its X account its return to the US market with what will be a non-custodial solution “approved” in the United States. Given that it is not known what exactly is meant by “approved,” the news, if confirmed in facts, could have important implications for the Bitcoin ecosystem in the country, especially in terms of privacy, officializing a significant change in the relationship between service providers and regulators. A relationship that in recent years has been marked by deep tensions, especially for those providers that use cryptography to guarantee user privacy and sovereignty and which had reached its peak in April of last year, with the arrest of Samourai Wallet founders for aiding money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmission business.

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