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Tornado Cash
Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden
Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov face allegations of money laundering.

What's Next for Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm?
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm pleaded not guilty back in September to charges of conspiring to operate a money transmitter or facilitate money laundering and sanctions evasion. CoinDesk managing editor for global policy and regulation Nikhilesh De breaks down what's likely next for Storm, as he is set to go on trial in September 2024.

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Go to Trial in 2024
CoinDesk managing editor for global policy and regulation Nikhilesh De shares an update on legal developments for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, after he pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to operate a money transmitter or facilitate money laundering and sanctions evasion. Prosecutors allege that he helped bad actors launder over $1 billion in stolen crypto through their work building Tornado Cash.

U.S. Treasury Seeks to Name Crypto Mixers as 'Money Laundering Concern'
Under pressure to address reports that Hamas and other terrorist groups are partially funded with crypto, Treasury's FinCEN proposed a rule to categorize mixers as a threat.

Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Plunged After U.S. Sanctions: TRM Labs
Overall usage of crypto mixer Tornado Cash dropped 90% following U.S. sanctions, a new report from blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs shows. The U.S. Department of Justice has alleged the service was used to launder more than $1 billion in illicit funds, including by North Korean hacker group Lazarus. Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Could This Vitalik-Backed Protocol Bring Privacy to a Regulated Crypto World?
A new paper from Ethereum’s co-founder and four co-authors including Illum proposes a solution to Tornado Cash’s inability to separate the activity of bad actors from good ones.

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Argues for Blockchain 'Privacy Pools' to Weed Out Criminals
The paper argues for “privacy pools,” a tech feature that would enhance the privacy of user’s transactions while also separating criminal activity from innocent funds in different sets.

Tornado Cash Indictments May Prove to Be Just a Localized Storm After All
Fears of the case being the start of a new assault on the industry may be overblown.

When Did Privacy Become a Bad Word?
In the aftermath of the Tornado Cash arrests, the DeFi Education Fund's Amanda Tuminelli and Miller Whitehouse-Levine write about the clash between liberty and security hightened by technology.
