Coin Center’s Seven Takeaways from the Storm Verdict: ▪️ 1. The sole conviction—unlicensed money transmission (18 U.S.C. § 1960)—turns mainly on legal/regulatory interpretation (“does this count as money transmission?”), not jury fact-finding. ▪️ 2. The court, at the

The Tornado Cash verdict is in and Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director at Coin Center, helped me understand its implications. The U.S. is at a crossroads regarding P2P rights, and what happens next will determine whether Bitcoin and crypto will actually flourish here or not.

The Ethereum Foundation will be matching up to another $500K in donations to the legal defense of Roman Storm. Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime. The community can contribute to Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️'s legal defense here: freeromanstorm.com

Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime.

The battle is far from being over. There's no fucking way we're letting the government win. Roman will not spend a single day behind bars. It's our duty to back him up with everything we've got. If Roman wins, privacy wins, and that's a victory for all of us. Let's show the world

*** EF MATCHING ALL DONATIONS TO ROMAN STORM *** In the 90s, it started with cypherpunks rallying behind privacy software like PGP and ended with a court ruling that code is free speech under the First Amendment. This set a legal precedent, giving us a freer world with private

Writing open source code is not a crime. Online financial privacy is not a crime. Creating permissionless software is not a crime.

Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime.

Roman Storm shouldn’t be prosecuted as a money transmitter. The only function his software and servers provided is broadcasting cryptographically signed user messages without any modification. These messages could have been printed on a t-shirt. They were copied and broadcast

Donate almost any token on 12 chains to Roman Storm on Giveth Win up to $1000 of $GIV Have your donation doubled by the EF.

I decided to donate $500K to Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️’s legal defense. Originally, we planned to give $50K, but after what happened to me, I need to take a clear position so everyone understands what LambdaClass stands for. I understand that the Ethereum Foundation will be matching donations up to

dude just got detained in a foreign country, had his liberty flash before his eyes, kept CT updated as it happened, got a lawyer, got out, said thank you to everyone, and then donated $500k to Roman Storm you have literally zero excuse for what ur procrastinating on rn lmaooooo

🚨NEW: In a joint letter to Judge Failla, prosecutors and defense in the Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️ case have outlined next steps after the Aug. 6 mixed verdict, which found Storm guilty on Count 2 (operating unlicensed money transmitter) while the jury could not reach a verdict on Counts 1 and 3

LIVE NOW - The Trial That Could Decide The Future of Crypto Jake Chervinsky and Amanda Tuminelli join us to unpack the Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️ verdict—what it means for DeFi, why Section 1960 is a looming threat to open-source developers, and the strong grounds for appeal. We discuss the legal,

Urgent Open Letter to JD Vance Vice President JD Vance : The Roman Storm conviction threatens US crypto innovation. As a tech-savvy leader, please fix this judicial (and regulatory) error to make America the DeFi capital! Full letter below. #Crypto #DeFi #Web3

1/ 📰NEWS: Solana Policy Institute is donating $500,000 to the legal defense funds of Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️ and Alexey Pertsev - two software developers who worked on 🌪️ Tornado.cash 🌪️, a cryptocurrency privacy protocol, and now face prison time.

Solana donates 500k to Roman and Alexey ✊ privacy/acc

SPI has donated $500,000 to the legal defense of Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, the developers of Tornado Cash. Writing code is not a crime.

🚨NEW: ROMAN STORM FILES MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL ON ALL COUNTS The Government failed to provide sufficient evidence of illegal conduct and would criminalize the publication of decentralized software in violation of the first amendment. Full story👇 therage.co/roman-storm-ac…

No more ankle monitor! 🎉 I’m still grounded in the Netherlands and can’t work or travel yet, but freedom starts with small steps , like finally being able to go to the sauna again. Grateful for this progress 😌