“Privacy became the cover story for Tornado Cash, not the goal,” the prosecution said in closing arguments today. The main question now facing the jury: what was Storm really thinking? Full story👇

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The Storm Jury's Dilemma: Was Crime The Goal All Along?

The prosecution and defense have rested in the trial of Roman Storm. The main question now facing the jury: what was he really thinking?

In a major win for DOJ, Samourai Wallet developers have plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission. The charge had been heavily disputed, described as an unclear application of the law. The developers face fines and up to five years in prison. Full story👇

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Samourai Wallet Developers Plead Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission

The developers had reaffirmed their not-guilty plea as recently as last week. Money laundering charges will be dropped as part of the plea.

Is Privacy Legal? Roman Storm’s Defense Rests in Tornado Cash Trial Final witnesses laid out principles of decentralization and the critical role of privacy online. Full story 👇

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Is Privacy Legal? Roman Storm’s Defense Rests in Tornado Cash Trial

Final witnesses laid out principles of decentralization and the critical role of privacy online.

🚨JUST IN Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill have notified the court of a change of plea – expected to plead guilty. Hearings scheduled for tomorrow 10:00 and 10.30

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💥 Update: The third week of the trial of Roman Storm kicked off with defense testimony that rebutted government tracing experts, and a Coinbase employee who used Tornado Cash to make a donation to Urkaine. 👇

🚨UPDATE: Chainalysis witness may plead the 5th to avoid self-incrimination following a phone call with the Government. This is after SDNY openly threatened defense witness Tom Schmidt of Dragonfly Capital, allegedly to stop him from testifying.

It’s a new (and likely the final) week in the trial against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm. Here’s what to expect as the defense makes its case 👇

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What To Expect This Week In Tornado Cash

New exhibits suggest that the prosecution may have misrepresented Storm's state of mind. Two witnesses from the blockchain surveillance firm Chaina...

🚨JUST IN: IRS Special Agent George, tasked with tracing the Government's first witness' funds to Tornado Cash, testifies that he does not know what crypto[.]com is, doesn't know the difference between ERC-20 and ETH

No Mistrial For Storm: IRS Investigator Saves Dicey Witness, But IRS Agent Stephan George's Methods and Precision are under Serious Question. Full story 👇

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No Mistrial For Storm: IRS Investigator Saves Dicey Witness

But IRS Agent Stephan George's methods and precision are under serious question.

UPDATE in US v. STORM: IRS blockchain tracer Stephan George today testified that he traced 9.7 ETH derived from the defrauding of Hanfeng Lin to Tornado Cash using Chainalysis and TRM Labs tools. Also, prosecutors indulge in some light heckling of David Z Morris 👇

💥 EXCLUSIVE: Did SDNY Enter A Recovery Scam's Documents Into Evidence against Roman Storm? We obtained exclusive access to documents from a company called "Payback" that tied the Government's first victim to Tornado Cash – and it doesn't look good. Full story 👇

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Did SDNY Enter A Recovery Scam's Documents Into Evidence?

We obtained exclusive access to documents from a company called "Payback" that tied the Government's first victim to Tornado Cash – and it doesn'...

🚨JUST IN: Notice of appearance for Chainalysis counsel in US v. Storm

Today in the prosecution of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, Storm’s defense team raised the possibility of a mistrial if no foundation could be found for the testimony of the prosecution’s first witness, Hanfeng "Katie" Lin. The victim of a pig butchering scam, Lin engaged a recovery service that directed her to contact Tornado Cash about lost funds. But an FBI forensic tracer who has testified for nearly a full day was not instructed by prosecutors to trace Lin’s money, and experts have raised questions about whether any of it actually went to Tornado Cash. If it did not, Lin’s testimony would have to be stricken and, according to defense attorney David Patton, the entire trial might have to be restarted from scratch. Full story👇

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Possible Tornado Cash Mistrial Floated by Roman Storm Defense Over Scam Victim Witness

How Exactly did Prosecutors Trace Scam Proceeds to Tornado Cash?

Update from U.S. v. Storm 👇 Roman Storm's defense team has raised the spectre of a mistrial after an FBI tracing expert failed to confirm that the prosecution's first witness' stolen funds had in fact been sent to Tornado Cash.

We're about to start the second full day of proceedings in US v. Storm. Trial observers care passionately about the outcome. Meet Tim Clancy (@_Enoch), who brought a printed copy of the PGP code to court - the document that established free speech protections for code.

In yesterday's opening statements, the defense asked the jury how they would feel if their bank accounts were published on the Internet. Today, the Government filed a motion to stop Storm from testifying to the use of privacy services. Full story 👇

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Government Doesn't Want Storm Talking About Privacy, Kidnappings

The defense asked the Jury how they would feel if someone published their bank accounts on the Internet. The Government isn't happy.

Scoop: At Roman Storm's trial, jurors are crying and punching walls. One juror may have to be excused, but the court is concerned that others might follow. "Right now they're being fed with snacks, [...] we're trying to keep them happy."👇

New: US Marshal Service merely holds ~29,000 BTC Here's the full list of holdings obtained via FOIA request:

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BTC Held By The US Marshal Service

In March, we filed a FOIA request for the amount of bitcoin held by the US Marshal Service. Today, we publish the USMS answer to our FOIA request, ...

I still don't know how to setup the zappers and at this point I'm afraid to ask