Washington dropped a mixer rule this week, but the Tornado Cash case is not going away.
Per Cointelegraph, the DOJ cited a September 25 appeals ruling that upheld the Bitcoin Fog conviction to argue that Roman Storm's case belongs in New York. Storm was convicted in August 2025 on one count, the jury deadlocked on others, his acquittal motion is still pending, and a retrial is set for April 26, 2027.
In my view, the split is striking: Treasury is stepping back from new mixer reporting while prosecutors keep pressing a case over code built for $ETH users. That tension will shape how privacy tools get built in the US.
đŹ Should writing privacy software ever be treated as running a money business?
#TornadoCash #Privacy
Per Cointelegraph, the DOJ cited a September 25 appeals ruling that upheld the Bitcoin Fog conviction to argue that Roman Storm's case belongs in New York. Storm was convicted in August 2025 on one count, the jury deadlocked on others, his acquittal motion is still pending, and a retrial is set for April 26, 2027.
In my view, the split is striking: Treasury is stepping back from new mixer reporting while prosecutors keep pressing a case over code built for $ETH users. That tension will shape how privacy tools get built in the US.
đŹ Should writing privacy software ever be treated as running a money business?
#TornadoCash #Privacy