Prosecution Rests Its Case in Tornado Cash Trial Yesterday, IRS Special Agent George continued his testimony and we saw more emails people sent to Storm, while the defense highlighted that failing to stop criminal activity is not the same as engaging in unlawful activity. The defense opened its case with Preston van Loon, the Ethereum Core developer that previously sued the Treasury over its OFAC designation, who testified that he used Tornado Cash on several occasions to protect his privacy and security. On cross, the prosecution appeared to allege that van Loon didn't need to use Tornado Cash, as transactions made by large exchanges are hard to publicly trace onchain. Full story by @httpsageyd👇

Update report @theragetech about the ongoing Tornado Cash Trial~ the prosecution rest its case and the defense brought up Ethereum core developer Preston Van Loon… More in the video and am currently working on a write up. Stay tuned tomorrow with @davidzmorris

Hey everyone, I’m covering the Tornado Cash trial for @theragetech with the help of @davidzmorris… Quick update this Thursday: The prosecution’s last witness, a paralegal for the US Attorneys Office, has taken the stand. She has been reading messages from Roman Storm throughout the years in several groupchats. Topics included token unlocks for founders with Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb and internal communications among PepperSec contributors about UI fixes. The government also brought up TORN’s price pump between February 1, 2022 and May 8, 2022. Stay posted for more with @theragetech!!!

Yesterday was so packed in US v. Storm we pubbed late. Here's a quick rundown, full story below. 🧵 (ps @httpsageyd is covering the trial for us today, give him a follow!) TLDR: The gov is using questionable tracing to save itself striking a witness - or a mistrial.

going grocery shopping on a summer evening

XRP near all-time high and ETH above $3,400… all of a sudden I see Gary V. back on my timeline. Buckle up everyone

Breaking: Updates on Day 2 of U.S.A. v. Roman Storm, the Tornado Cash Trial. Witnesses today included execs.from Axie Infinity, and the perpetrator of the Frosties NFT rugpull, who tried to hide stolen funds using Tornado Cash. With @davidzmorris and @httpsageyd

We are back today at the trial of Tornado Cash cofounder Roman Storm with @davidzmorris and @httpsageyd. Brief notes from the morning, which started with prosecution witnesses. 🧵:

Tornado Cash Trial Begins: Government To Tie Roman Storm To Third-Party Scams And Hacks The first witness brought by government prosecutors detailed a catfishing scam in which the defendant played no apparent role. Full story by @davidzmorris threaded👇

Opening statements for the Tornado Cash trial are about to happen in a few minutes