Legitimate Privacy Tool or Dirty Money ‘Laundromat’? Lawyers Debate Role of Tornado Cash on Day 1 of Roman Storm Trial

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Legitimate Privacy Tool or Dirty Money ‘Laundromat’? Lawyers Debate Role of Tornado Cash on Day 1 of Roman Storm Trial

coindesk.com/policy/2025/07/15/legitimate-privacy-tool-or-dirty-money-laundromat-lawyers-debate-role-of-tornado-cash-on-day-1-of-roman-storm-trial

NEW YORK — There is at least one fact that both the defense and the prosecution agree in the ongoing criminal money laundering trial of software developer Roman Storm: the product he helped to create and run — a once-popular crypto privacy tool called Tornado Cash — was exploited by…

This story appeared on coindesk.com, 2025-07-15 21:56:34.