Roman Storm’s Journey: From Coder to Tornado Cash Co-Founder and a Landmark Crypto Verdict

Roman Storm’s remarkable rise from self-taught programmer to co-creator of Tornado Cash and now a high-profile criminal defendant captures both the promise and the peril of building in crypto’s fast-moving privacy sector. The 36-year-old developer, celebrated for his technical ingenuity, now stands at the center of a watershed court case that could redefine the legal…

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Judge Issues Allen Charge as Jury Deadlocks in High-Stakes Storm/Tornado Cash Crypto Trial

The federal trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of the crypto mixing protocol Tornado Cash, entered a tense new phase this week as the jury reported continued deadlock after four days of deliberation. In a dramatic courtroom move, Judge Katherine Polk Failla delivered an Allen charge commonly called a “dynamite charge” urging jurors to reconsider their…

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