Bitcoin Magazine Mistrial Motion in Tornado Cash Case Is Unlikely IRS Special Agent Stephan George’s testimony regarding some of Hanfeng Lin’s stolen funds having been put through Tornado Cash seemed credible enough to inhibit the defense from submitting a motion for a mistrial. On Monday, the defense in the Tornado Cash trial floated the idea […]
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FortKnoxster (FKX) is a blockchain-based platform that focuses on providing secure and private communication, file storage, and collaboration tools for individuals and businesses. The project aims to enhance privacy and security in digital communication and data sharing by leveraging blockchain technology and advanced encryption methods. FortKnoxster offers end-to-end encrypted communication tools, including messaging,
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Bitcoin Magazine Tornado Cash Trial Day 2: Prosecution and Defense Tell Different Stores about Roman Storm Today, during the second day of the Tornado Cash trial, the prosecution and defense provided opposing accounts in their opening statements for why the defendant in the case, Roman Storm, started Tornado Cash. SUMMARY OF DAY 2 OF TORNADO
Bitcoin Magazine Tornado Cash Trial Begins with Discussions around Motions In Limine and Data Custodians The Tornado Cash trail commenced today in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). UPDATE #1 FROM DAY 1 OF TORNADO CASH TRIAL pic.twitter.com/3YduuDEFGp — Frank Corva (@frankcorva) July 14, 2025 Only during the first 90 minutes of the day
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Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm took to Twitter with an urgent plea for support, ahead of his high-profile trial date tomorrow. Storm, who has been battling legal charges for nearly two years, is calling on the crypto community to help raise $500,000 in the next few days and $1.5 million in the coming weeks to
Bitcoin Magazine Takeaways from the Final Tornado Cash Status Conference Hearing Today, the Southern District of New York (SDNY) hosted a final status conference hearing for the Tornado Cash case, the trial for which begins this Monday, 7/14. I (virtually) attended the final status conf. for the Tornado Cash case today. (I showed up for
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Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Court Brings Coin Center’s Tornado Cash Appeal To A Close On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit agreed to end an appeal that crypto advocacy group Coin Center made to OFAC regarding the Ethereum-based mixing service Tornado Cash. This decision by the court occurred approximately two
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The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a major crypto privacy case leaves intact rulings that uphold the IRS’ power to obtain bitcoin user data without consent. IRS Retains Authority to Access Bitcoin Transaction Data Without User Consent A constitutional challenge over the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) ability to obtain cryptocurrency transaction records without a warrant
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised concerns that digital identity systems using zero-knowledge proofs, such as Sam Altman’s World project, could weaken online pseudonymity while introducing new risks. Buterin Argues One-ID-Per-Person Systems Create New Vulnerabilities In a June 28 blog post, Buterin argued that even privacy-focused designs face fundamental challenges when enforcing a one-identity-per-person rule.
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The first half of 2025 exposed deep vulnerabilities in the crypto industry, with hackers stealing over $2.1 billion across 75 separate incidents. This marks a 10% increase from the previous H1 record of $2 billion in 2022 and nearly matches the full-year figure for 2024, which closed at $2.2 billion, according to a report from
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