Tornado Cash
Most Influential: Todd Blanche
The crypto industry praised a memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directing the Department of Justice to end “regulation by prosecution.”
Most Influential: Roman Storm
The Tornado Cash developer’s trial this summer is evidence that the crypto industry is still severely lacking regulatory clarity.
Judge Should Not Acquit Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm, Prosecutors Argue
The DOJ filed its own post-trial motion last week, pushing back against Storm's motion for acquittal.
Roman Storm's Attorneys Call for Acquittal in Tornado Cash Case
Storm's attorneys filed standard post-trial motions asking a federal judge to kick out a guilty verdict and acquit him of all three charges he faced during his trial in Manhattan this summer.
Roman Storm Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Conspiracy in Partial Verdict
After two Allen charges and four days of deliberation, a New York jury could not reach a unanimous agreement on the conspiracy to commit money laundering charge or the sanctions evasion charge.
Roman Storm Jury Deadlocked, Judge Tells Them to Keep Deliberating
After four days of deliberations, the New York jury deciding Tornado Cash Roman Storm’s fate said they can’t reach a unanimous verdict on all three charges.
Roman Storm Jury Set to Begin Deliberations as Money Laundering Trial Draws to Close
In their lengthy closing arguments on Wednesday, attorneys for both sides battled to win over the jury before releasing the group to decide the Tornado Cash developer’s fate.
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Not Take the Stand, Lawyers Say
After three days of witness testimony, Storm’s defense team rested their case on Tuesday.
DOJ Considering Criminal Charges Against Dragonfly Capital Employees for Years-Old Tornado Cash Investments
In open court on Friday morning, prosecutors told the judge that they were weighing the possibility of criminally charging a general partner at Dragonfly Capital for his involvement with Tornado Cash, leading to him refusing to testify in Roman Storm's defense.
Roman Storm Trial: Is Coding A Crime? The Tornado Cash Court Battle Intensifies
Over the last several trial days, the government laid out its case that Roman Storm could have changed the Tornado Cash protocol to make it less attractive to cyber criminals, but chose not to.
