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Roman Storm, a developer of the Tornado Cash privacy-preserving protocol, asked the open source software community whether they are concerned with being retroactively prosecuted by the US Department of Justice for developing decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.Storm asked DeFi developers: “How ca…
Today in crypto, US lawmakers weighed changes to crypto tax rules. Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm asked a judge to dismiss his conviction, and the White House withdrew Brian Quintenz’s nomination to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).US lawmakers grapple with crypto tax polic…
The Solana Policy Institute, a nonprofit Solana advocacy group, has pledged $500,000 toward the legal defense of Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, adding to growing financial support from the crypto community.Storm was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting…
Ethereum core developer Federico Carrone said that he would contribute $500,000 to Roman Storm’s legal fund amid the Tornado Cash co-founder facing a potential retrial in New York.In a Monday X post, Carrone said his experience in Turkey led to the decision to increase his donation to Storm from $50…
A 12-person jury, including a member who celebrated her 90th birthday, deliberated this week in the complex case of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. They convicted Storm on one count of running an unlicensed money transmitting business, while remaining unable to reach a decision on other cha…
Today in crypto, Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm’s lawyers are reportedly looking into a motion for mistrial over a government witness’s testimony. BitGo is going public in the United States and crypto investment funds saw a record $4.4 billion in weekly inflows.Roman Storm could ask for mistrial over sc…
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s lawyers might ask for a mistrial over a government witness they claim had nothing to do with the crypto mixer.Storm’s defence floated the idea of a mistrial with Manhattan federal judge Katherine Polk Failla on Monday, questioning the testimony of government wit…
Lawyers for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm are reportedly weighing a potential mistrial after raising concerns about the government's evidence. According to the defense, prosecutors called a victim of a pig butchering scam to the stand who may never have used the privacy-preserving crypto mixer…
Roman Storm, the co-founder of the crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, has asked for help to raise an immediate $500,000 ahead of his trial on Monday on charges of money laundering and sanctions violations.Storm posted on X on Saturday that he faces a “critical shortfall” and needs to raise $500,000…
The Ethereum Foundation announced a $500,000 donation to support Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm's defense as his trial quickly approaches.In a post on X on Friday, the foundation, which supports the Ethereum ecosystem, stated that it had donated the funds and would match "up to a further $750K …
The Ethereum Foundation said it will be donating $500,000 to the legal defense of Tornado Cash co-founder and developer Roman Storm, who faces charges related to allegations he conspired to run the crypto mixing service as an unlicensed money transmitter.In a Friday X post, the foundation said it wo…
Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev is set to be released from prison after a Dutch court suspended his “pretrial detention” as he prepares to appeal his money laundering conviction.Pertsev said in a Feb. 6 statement to X that while he will no longer be in jail, his release is not “real freedom” a…