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Is the Trump administration actually interested in defending crypto in the U.S.? Tornado Cash questions remain unanswered.

In the wake of the Tornado Cash verdict and the Samourai Wallet developers' plea deal, Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director of Coin Center, a nonprofit organization focused on Bitcoin and crypto policy issues, believes that President Trump’s vision of making the United States the crypto capital of the world might not be truly fulfilled.

Bitcoiners need to stop begging the government for permission to exercise their rights. They are not our friends.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has been found guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, while the jury wasn’t unanimous on the other two counts that the developer faced.

After three days of deliberation, many, including myself, are anxious for a verdict in the Tornado Cash trial, but the fact that it’s taking so long for the members of the jury to arrive at one may be a good sign for the defense.

15 months after being charged with conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, the Samourai Wallet founders have pled guilty to the latter charge.

The Tornado Cash trial of Roman Storm is taking place this week, a last stand of obsolete financial regulation.

Dr. Matthew J. Edman, a specialist in cybersecurity and crypto investigations, detailed for the court how Tornado Cash works and challenged certain claims made by two of the prosecution’s witnesses.

IRS Special Agent Stephan George’s testimony regarding some of Hanfeng Lin’s stolen funds having been put through Tornado Cash seemed credible enough to inhibit the defense from submitting a motion for a mistrial.

With a jury finalized, the prosecution and defense made their opening statements, each featuring a very different slant on Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s intentions in creating Tornado Cash.