Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 30 ETH, valued at around $113,000, to support the legal defense of Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm through the decentralized fundraising platform Juicebox.from an address linked to Buterin, named vitalik.eth, was made at 1:58 am EST on May 30 to the “Free Alexey & Roman” legalCrypto veterans, including Buterin, have consistently championed privacy tools for managing crypto assets privately.
Other supporters have shown solidarity by attaching messages of encouragement to their donations. Underneath their contributions, phrases like “you have our support,” “code is not guilty,” “support freedom,” and “Open source is a form of free speech that everyone deserves” resonate strongly.10 ETH to a legal fund ‘AssangeDAO’ on Juicebox, supporting Australian activist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Tornado Cash is a privacy-focused tool that facilitates anonymous crypto transactions.
Shortly thereafter, Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was arrested in Amsterdam for allegedly hiding criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering through the controversial Ethereum mixing service. A year later, other developers – Roman Storm and Roman Semenov – were charged with aiding in laundering $1 billion, with Storm arrested in Washington State. Pertsev wasWhat is Notcoin ? The Viral Token Coming to The Open NetworkSign-up FREE to receive our extended weekly market update and coin analysis report
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