PANews reported on August 8 that Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, stated on X that the foundation will donate an additional $500,000 for the legal defense of Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm. Wang emphasized, 'Privacy is the norm, and writing code is not a crime.'

According to yesterday's news, Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm was convicted of unlicensed remittance, but the jury did not reach a consensus on the money laundering and sanctions charges.