⚖️ ROMAN STORM VERDICT — THE PRIVACY CRACKDOWN HAS BEGUN

In a pivotal ruling shaking up the DeFi landscape, a New York jury has found Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitter.

🔸 Acquitted of sanctions violations

🔸 Hung jury on money laundering

🔨 But still convicted — and that changes the game.

🧠 Why This Matters:

💥 Developer Liability Is Real – Even if you don’t control user funds, building privacy-preserving tools can still land you in court.

👁️‍🗨️ Privacy vs. Prosecution – Tornado Cash tried to defend anonymity. Regulators saw a playground for crime.

🧩 Regulation Is Closing In – Innovation is now clashing head-on with legal barriers. The DeFi space urgently needs clear frameworks.

📌 What’s Next?

Sentencing is on the horizon — but the signal is clear:

Privacy tools are now legal battlegrounds.

Expect devs to lean toward compliance-first approaches like ZK-proofs — or risk becoming the next example.

This isn’t just about Roman Storm —

⚖️ It’s about whether financial privacy can survive in a world ruled by regulation.

💬 Where do you stand in the battle between privacy and control?

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