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2025-08-08 | Curator: CryptoTerminal



Ethereum Foundation Pledges to Match $500K for Roman Storm’s Legal Defense


The Ethereum Foundation announced Thursday it will match up to another $500,000 in donations for Roman Storm's legal defense, just days after the Tornado Cash co-founder was convicted on one of three federal charges that experts say could criminalize code development. "Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime,” Wei Wang, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, tweeted. The matching pledge comes as a Manhattan jury on Wednesday found Storm guilty of conspiring to operate an un...