Keonne Rodriguez, CEO of Samourai Wallet, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in an unlicensed money-transmission conspiracy. In addition to the prison term, Rodriguez faces a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. The case centered on Rodriguez's privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet, which prosecutors argued facilitated illicit activities and violated Anti-Money Laundering laws. Rodriguez contended that his wallet, including its Whirlpool feature, did not qualify as a money transmitter. However, the court ruled against him, highlighting the potential implications for how regulators might apply Countering the Financing of Terrorism rules to cryptocurrency privacy tools in the future.