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Tornado Cash Trial: DOJ Weighs Charges Against More Crypto VC Firms

Tornado Cash Trial: DOJ Weighs Charges Against More Crypto VC Firms

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Dragonfly Capital, a cryptocurrency venture capital firm (VC), may be facing charges from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) related to its early investment in Tornado Cash, co-founded by Roman Storm.  Fox journalist Eleanor Terret reported that federal authorities are contemplating charges […]

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Dragonfly Capital Faces Potential Charges Over Tornado Cash Ties, Vows to Fight Back

Dragonfly Capital Faces Potential Charges Over Tornado Cash Ties, Vows to Fight Back

Dragonfly Capital may soon find itself in the crosshairs of U.S. prosecutors over its 2020 investment in Tornado Cash developer PepperSec, Inc., the firm behind the now-sanctioned crypto privacy protocol. Key Takeaways: Dragonfly Capital may face legal scrutiny over its 2020 investment in Tornado Cash developer PepperSec. Managing partner Haseeb Qureshi defended the move, citing

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Mistrial Motion in Tornado Cash Case Is Unlikely

Mistrial Motion in Tornado Cash Case Is Unlikely

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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Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Falls Victim To  Million Hack

Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Falls Victim To $44 Million Hack

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Indian exchange CoinDCX has suffered a cybersecurity attack, resulting in the loss of $44 million. This incident comes exactly one year after Indian exchange WazirX suffered a $235 million hack. CoinDCX Server Breach: User Funds Secure In an X post on July

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Tornado Cash Trial Day 2: Prosecution and Defense Tell Different Stores about Roman Storm

Tornado Cash Trial Day 2: Prosecution and Defense Tell Different Stores about Roman Storm

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

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Tornado Cash Trial Begins with Discussions around Motions In Limine and Data Custodians

Tornado Cash Trial Begins with Discussions around Motions In Limine and Data Custodians

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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Roman Storm’s Counsel Points To “Serious Errors” In Prosecution’s Case As Trial Kicks Off

Roman Storm’s Counsel Points To “Serious Errors” In Prosecution’s Case As Trial Kicks Off

The legal defense team of Roman Storm is calling out what they call “serious errors” in the prosecution’s case against him as the Tornado Cash developer’s trial kicks off the week of July 14. Serious Issues In Tornado Cash Case, Lawyers For Roman Storm Say According to a late Friday court filing by Storm’s counsel,

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Tornado Cash Developer Storm Claims DOJ Bungled Critical Telegram Evidence

Tornado Cash Developer Storm Claims DOJ Bungled Critical Telegram Evidence

Roman Storm, co-founder of the sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer, has accused federal prosecutors of fundamentally mishandling key evidence ahead of his July 14 criminal trial in Manhattan. The dispute centers on a Telegram message reading “Heya, anyone around to chat about axie? Would like to ask a few general questions about how one goes

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Urgent appeal to help defend Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm and the right to financial privacy

Urgent appeal to help defend Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm and the right to financial privacy

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

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Takeaways from the Final Tornado Cash Status Conference Hearing

Takeaways from the Final Tornado Cash Status Conference Hearing

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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