DOJ Says Crypto Code Alone Isn’t Crime, But Roman Storm Case Still Looms
The Department of Justice is trying to draw a brighter line around crypto software development, telling coders that writing code alone should not make them criminal targets. But for Roman Storm’s defense team, the continued prosecution of the Tornado Cash co-founder remains the clearest test of whether that policy shift is real. Speaking at the […]
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The US Treasury told Congress this month that crypto mixers have legitimate uses — including protecting consumer privacy. Related Reading: Crypto Funding Soars 50%, But Most Startups Are Getting Shut Out: Analysts Days later, federal prosecutors in Manhattan moved to put the man who built one of the most-used mixers back on trial. A Split […]
Get out the marshmallows because this episode is intense, pun intended. Now, bear with us as we experienced technical difficulties with slight audio annoyance from Roman’s mic. Nevertheless, the content is pure fire, so hopefully those Airpods you got from Santa are retardant.sizzle* Roman Mandeleil from Ether.Camp moseies on over to the campfire to speak with the trio, about all things Ethereum. Roman uses our platform to discusses Ether.Camp’s most recent hackathon and his top 3 favorite projects. He goes on to explain his vision of Ether.Camp and its future goals. Listen to Roman....
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm says shutting down a website might not be enough to keep a crypto protocol out of legal trouble — and his warning comes at a critical moment for Umbra. Related Reading: Bybit Leads $8 Million Round To Scale Crypto Platform Across Malaysia Crypto Protocol Umbra Takes Its Front End Offline […]
A provincial high court ruling in China has set a potential precedent by declining to protect a plaintiff’s $10,000 worth of lost crypto tokens. Yet another blow has been dealt to China’s cryptocurrency community, with news of a new high court ruling in the Shandong province that has drawn out the consequences of crypto’s lack of legal status in the country.As the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, the case in question was an appeal against a ruling this January by an intermediate court in the city of Jinan. The plaintiff in the case had lost 70,000 yuan (roughly $10,750) by....