Ethereum Dona USD Foundation $ 500,000 for Roman Storm defense

The co -founder of Tornado cash Face a crucial trial in July. The crypto community mobilizes to defend the right to privacy, and the Ethereum Foundation allocated important contribution to the legal battle.

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• Ethereum Foundation Don USD $ 500,000 and promised to match up to USD $ 750,000 in additional contributions.
  
• Roman Storm faces money laundering charges and violations of economic sanctions.
  
• Storm warns that his defeat could mean the end of the ecosystem DEFI As is known.

The Ethereum Foundation, entity responsible for providing community technological support to the network of Ethereum, Announced a contribution for USD $ 500,000 to support the legal defense of Roman Storm, co -founder of the Privacy Protocol Tornado cash.

Support by the Ethereum Foundation

Through a publication on social network X, the organization promised to match future community donations until an additional total of USD $ 750,000.

“Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime,” The organization declared in its publication. This statement summarizes the central axis of the case: the legitimacy of the development of decentralized financial privacy tools in an increasingly restrictive legal context.

The battle of Storm in court dates back to 20023, when the US Department of Justice. He presented charges against the developer for conspiracy to commit money laundering and for violations of international sanctions. The case is part of the fight against Tornado Cash, A protocol based on Ethereum which allows the mixture of transactions to provide the most privacy operations.

The protocol was sanctioned by the Foreign Assets Control Office (OFAC) In 2022, although these sanctions were raised in March 2025. Since then, the case of Storm has been closely followed by developers, privacy defenders and entities of the crypto ecosystem.

The case against Storm

Storm has argued that accusations violate their right to freedom of expression protected by First amendment of the US Constitution. His legal team has tried to dismiss charges under that base, although so far without definitive success.

Recently, Storm’s defense requested access to advances in the case of the US Samourai Walleta purse Bitcoin which admits privacy functions for transactions. However, the court dismissed the request, claiming that both disputes do not keep any relationship.

Under the administration of Donald Trump, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced in May that it would withdraw one of the positions originally submitted: operate a money transmission company without a license. However, the authorities made it clear that they will continue with the judicial processes related to money laundering, transmission of money without license and conspiracy to violate the Law on Economic Powers in International Emergencies (IEEPA).

Hours before the announcement of the Ethereum Foundation, Storm issued some statements in his X account, where he affirms that if he loses the case, the ecosystem probably Defi “dies with him.”

“The dream of financial freedom, the code in which I believed – everything fades in the dark”Storm wrote.

A case for the future of privacy

This trial will not only define the personal destiny of Roman Storm, but also a critical precedent on the legality of the development of financial privacy technologies in Western jurisdictions could also sit.

For many, the case represents a turning point between the right to privacy and the imposition of regulations that could suffocate innovation in the field of decentralized finances. The mobilization of the community Ethereum and other voices of the ecosystem reflects the perceived importance of the judicial process.

Article written by a content editor. Edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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