The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) continues to “resist” transparency efforts regarding alleged past attempts to quash the crypto sector, according to Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal.

Grewal references “Operation Choke Point 2.0,” an alleged attempt by the Biden Administration government regulators to stifle the crypto industry.

Coinbase has been using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to uncover instances of the FDIC asking banks to freeze crypto services, known as “pause letters,” but Grewal says they are not fully complying.

The exchange hired the law firm History Associates, which filed a motion in January asking a federal court to intervene.

Explains Grewal,

“One of our requests concerns FDIC’s representation in a hearing before the Court that the agency had conducted “due diligence” to ensure that no documents were destroyed. We asked FDIC to describe what example that due diligence was. But FDIC has repeatedly refused to do so, and now takes umbrage at the request to explain the basis of its assertion to the Court.

In response to our requests for FDIC guidance or policies on processing FOIA requests—directly relevant to our policy-or-practice claims—the agency has produced only snippets from a few documents that have little to nothing to do with the specific FOIA policies or practices that History Associates has challenged in its amended complaint. What exactly are they hiding?”

Last month, the FDIC released redacted documents related to its supervision of crypto-related activities, which include pause letters sent to 24 banks as well as communications and records involving other regulated institutions.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subsequently sent a letter to FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill requesting unredacted copies of the documents.

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A popular crypto strategist says that the altcoins currently showing market strength despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) downturn may spearhead the next digital asset rally.

Pseudonymous analyst Credible Crypto tells his 463,000 followers on the social media platform X that payment tokens Litecoin (LTC) and XRP may soon be top market performers as they hold key support levels above recent low prices despite Bitcoin’s price collapse this week.

“At this time, for the the first time in a while, select alts are holding their own against prior lows while BTC has nuked below its own relative range lows. Look for those alts that have held their relative lows on this drop; they may be the ones to lead the next rally. Great examples at the moment are LTC and XRP (you seeing a theme here?).”

LTC is trading for $127 at time of writing, up marginally in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, XRP is trading for $2.15 at time of writing, down 1.6% on the day.

The analyst also says that Bitcoin may trade sideways in the coming days before a breakout.

“BTC tagged $79,000 and we are now seeing some relief. Only two levels that really matter from my perspective at the moment: local supply at $94,000-$99,000 and high timeframe demand just under $74,000. I suspect we form a base between these two levels over the coming days before a full-on reversal.”

Bitcoin is trading for $85,070, up fractionally in the last 24 hours.

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