{"id":1509779,"date":"2024-12-24T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1509779"},"modified":"2024-12-24T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T00:30:00","slug":"operation-choke-point-2-0-how-the-feds-are-seeking-to-debank-targeted-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/operation-choke-point-2-0-how-the-feds-are-seeking-to-debank-targeted-industries\/1509779\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Choke Point 2.0: How The Feds Are Seeking To ‘Debank’ Targeted Industries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Operation Choke Point 2.0: How The Feds Are Seeking To ‘Debank’ Targeted Industries<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via American Greatness,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A federal initiative that began during the Obama administration with the goal of debanking certain industries disfavored by federal officials<\/strong> has apparently been resurrected and is taking aim at cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n

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Operation Choke Point was started by the U.S. Dept. of Justice in 2013 as a way to put pressure on banks to sever their ties, without due process, with legal businesses like gun dealers, cannabis dispensaries and payday lenders which the administration found objectionable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That initiative was ended by President Trump in 2017 but under the Biden administration, it appears that Operation Choke Point 2.0 has begun with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation\u00a0(FDIC) sending letters<\/a>\u00a0to U.S. banks in 2022, urging them to \u201cpause all crypto-related activity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told Fox Business that the regulatory abuse is real and that President-elect Trump will put an end<\/strong> to this type of regulatory abuse.<\/p>\n

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen recently described the practice of debanking as \u201ca privatized sanctions regime\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>on The Joe Rogan Experience<\/a>, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s no rules, there\u2019s no court, there\u2019s no decision process, there\u2019s no appeal. Who do you go to to get your bank account back?\u201d<\/p>\n

And if the tune of Operation Choke Point 2.0 sounds familiar, there are also familiar faces as well.<\/p>\n

Palmetto State News reports<\/a>\u00a0that Michael Eakes is the founder of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and Self-Help Credit Union, which operates\u00a0five<\/a>\u00a0credit unions in South Carolina and was also an inaugural member of the FDIC\u2019s Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion when it was started in 2006.<\/p>\n

Another member of the advisory committee is Michael Calhoun who is president of the Center for Responsible Lending and a former employee of Self-Help Credit Union.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0Washington Free Beacon:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe FDIC\u2019s efforts are part of a larger initiative involving the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau called Operation Choke Point. The effort seeks to eliminate the ability of businesses that federal regulators deem distasteful, exploitative, or dangerous to obtain financing from major American banks.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Former FDIC Chairman William Isaac\u00a0told The Hill\u00a0<\/a>that Operation Choke Point, \u201cis one of the most dangerous programs I have experienced in my 45 years of service as a bank regulator, bank attorney and consultant, and bank board member.\u201d<\/p>\n

A lawsuit filed by Coinbase uncovered letters sent by the FDIC in 2022 and 2023 urging financial institutions to \u201cpause\u201d crypto-related activities has revealed that Operation Choke Point 2.0 is being used to sidestep constitutional limits on the government\u2019s power to exert direct political control over the crypto sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 12\/24\/2024 – 14:30<\/span><\/p>\n

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