Tornado Cash Co-founder Awaits Verdict as High-Stakes Trial Concludes

Privacy protocol's architect faces jury after fiery courtroom showdown—while regulators sharpen their knives.

Subheader: The Encryption vs. Enforcement Smackdown

Closing arguments wrapped today in a case that could redefine crypto's gray areas. Prosecutors painted Tornado Cash as a money launderer's playground, while the defense hammered on code-as-speech arguments. Now it's up to twelve non-technical jurors to untangle zero-knowledge proofs from criminal intent.

Bonus jab: Meanwhile, Wall Street banks processed $2T in suspicious transactions last year—but sure, let's scapegoat the open-source devs first.

Defence Argues for Roman’s Innocence 

On the other hand, the defense argued that helping the criminals was never the intention of Roman Storm. Storm’s defense attorney, David Patton, said that Tornado Cash is like many other technology products, in that criminals, as well as regular citizens, find them useful. 

The defence attorney also argued that Storm did not intend to help hackers to use Tornado Cash and that they were not happy when they learned about North Korean hackers using it. 

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