Scoop: In early June, the Justice Department sent out a memo warning its attorneys working on crypto cases that they should expect less cooperation from Binance. This comes as Binance is actively negotiating a formal end to its DOJ monitorship, implemented after the landmark 2023 criminal case against the leading crypto exchange, which has effectively been paused over the past year. In a statement, a Binance spokesperson denied to me that that the company is changing how it's cooperating with U.S. law enforcement. Also from the article: - The Treasury monitorship is still active - In June, the Treasury-appointed monitor, Sharon Cohen Levin, hosted a town hall with Binance's compliance staff, co-CEO Richard Teng, and Binance's new head of regulatory adherence, Andrew Stemmer(Leo Schwartz)