According to Cointelegraph, crypto advocacy groups support a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's prosecution of open-source software developers. Organizations like Paradigm and the DeFi Education Fund submitted amicus briefs in support of developer Lewellen.
The brief criticizes the Department of Justice for expanding the definition of 'money transmission' to include developers, arguing that this creates legal uncertainty and hinders the development of privacy tools and decentralized financial infrastructure.
If the legal environment does not change, innovation may shift overseas. The Department of Justice continues to prosecute similar cases, such as US v. Storm and US v. Rodriguez, with developers facing criminal charges.
A U.S. appeals court dismissed Coin Center's lawsuit against the Treasury Department, ending the legal challenge to the Tornado Cash sanctions.