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The lawyers in the Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash case have accused prosecutors of concealing a phone call they believe could be crucial to their defense. During the call, a senior staff member from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) suggested to government prosecutors that non-custodial protocols might not qualify as a money services business, which is a key element in certain charges. Prosecutors in the Samourai case downplayed these allegations, stating that the call was fairly disclosed before the trial and represented the staff member's "informal personal opinion." Previously, it was reported that the request to dismiss charges against the Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai Wallet developers was denied, and the case remains in a legal deadlock.

The 157th Ethereum Consensus Layer Core Developers Meeting (ACDC) has been held, with the main progress as follows: The Pectra upgrade has been successfully completed, and core developer Trent has summarized technical feedback from different teams. "Pectra Pages" is still open for more community input; Pari is conducting an analysis report after the addition of blob data. Fusaka direction: peerdas-devnet-7 is running stably, and client teams are focusing on developing BPO support, aiming to launch fusaka-devnet-0 on May 26, covering EIPs such as PeerDAS, BPO, and MODEXP Gas cost increase. Validator custody-related specifications are being discussed asynchronously on Discord. The ACD meeting structure is proposed to be reorganized: Tim suggests focusing ACDT on the current fork (N) and ACDE/C on the next fork (N+1), hoping that the structural adjustment will allow the broader community to participate in the proposal development process earlier, while establishing a tracking mechanism for the entire process from EIP proposal to mainnet. The new proposed structure will lock in the main functions by early July, with other minor EIPs to be integrated later.