On January 9, Bitcoin.com reported that several insiders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) disclosed a series of misconducts by the agency in Operation Chokepoint 2.0 (a crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry). According to the whistleblowers, the FDIC employed various means to evade disclosure requirements under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including marking documents as attorney-client privileged, conducting incomplete searches within regional systems, and concealing documents generated on collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams. Insiders indicated that about 150 key documents were not submitted. Additionally, the FDIC was accused of conducting social media investigations on several well-known figures in the industry, including Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal, WSPN CEO Austin Campbell, Custodia Bank founder Caitlin Long, Castle Island Ventures founder Nic Carter, and Unchained podcast regulatory reporter Veronica Irwin. Insiders stated that they had been personally assigned to investigate whether these individuals posed a threat to the FDIC.