Laz Pieper of Coin Center argues that the Department of Homeland Security’s predictive-policing approach should be halted, describing it as unconstitutional and un-American. In an opinion article published by CoinDesk on September 18, 2026, Pieper says using Americans’ spending habits to infer their political views represents an abuse of the financial system. The criticism centers on the potential use of financial behavior as a basis for targeting people because of what their purchases may indicate about their politics. Pieper’s argument places financial privacy and political expression at the center of the debate over predictive policing. The article does not present a market forecast or identify any direct effect on the listed crypto assets, including BNB Attestation Service (BAS), Lighter (LIT), Polygon (MATIC), Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL), RedStone (RED), Telcoin (TEL) and Tutorial (TUT).
