Legal Storm Over Tornado Cash 🌪️🤑🔐

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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.

⌐◪-◪ → A historical battle for privacy is happening right now between the creators of Tornado Cash, who face allegations of money laundering/sanctions, and the US Government.

The DOJ says $1 billion+ crypto was moved through their mixer, which obfuscates senders/receivers in crypto transactions.

Holding software developers who create tools/public goods responsible for the actions (crimes) of others — which, by the way, is completely out of their control — highlights the authoritarian nature of our system.

Think about it…

Do we hold the government responsible for crimes committed on the public infrastructure they create/maintain like roads or the US dollar fiat? No, we don’t.

At the end of the day, code is just words and, therefore, is protected by free speech. In fact, I might join my buddy JOSΞPH in publishing Tornado Cash’s code everywhere I can.

Seriously though, this is a very important case. Even Edward Snowden agrees.

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Donald Trump-Labeled Wallet Has Over $1M of TRUMP Meme Coin

Issuance of the TRUMP tokens has nothing to do with Trump directly, but some are using the tokens as a speculative bet on his ongoing presidential campaign.

⌐◪-◪ → Degens speculate on the TRUMP meme-coin, hoping it will surge if Trump is elected President.

Interestingly, this bet has partially paid off.

Arkham reports that someone sent $7,100 TRUMP meme-coins to a Trump-linked address, which are now worth over $1 million.

I hope whoever manages Trump's wallet takes note and capitalizes on these gains. As Elon Musk always says, "The most entertaining outcome is the most likely."

Donald, I know you're reading this, send me the TRUMP coins.

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Crypto custodian @BitGo has received an undisclosed investment from 164-year-old cash-handling firm @BrinksGlobal

⌐◪-◪ → Okay, I definitely did not see this one coming, but I love it.

Brinks Global, the 164-year-old company behind the famous cash-transporting armored trucks, just invested in crypto custodian BitGo.

Nothing brings me more joy than seeing the old world of money collide with the new digital world of money, over what I reckon are deeply shared values of self-custody and freedom.

Apparently, this isn’t Brink’s first foray into digital assets either; they started workign with Metco — a Swiss crypto custody firm — back in 2022.

If Brinks plays their cards right, they might just last another 164 years.

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