Coindegraph reports that due to recent actions by US regulatory agencies against Metamask creator Consensys and cryptocurrency mixer Samourai wallet, Acinq's Bitcoin wallet Phoenix and Wasabi wallet (zkSNACKs) have decided to stop providing services to US customers. Both companies are concerned about whether self-hosted wallet providers are considered legal currency service enterprises. Acinq has asked Phoenix wallet users to deplete their funds and adapt to the changes by May 2nd.
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Coindegraph reports that due to recent actions by US regulatory agencies against Metamask creator Consensys and cryptocurrency mixer Samourai wallet, Acinq's Bitcoin wallet Phoenix and Wasabi wallet (zkSNACKs) have decided to stop providing services to US customers. Both companies are concerned about whether self-hosted wallet providers are considered legal currency service enterprises. Acinq has asked Phoenix wallet users to deplete their funds and adapt to the changes by May 2nd.