Pro-crypto advocacy groups are warning that the decision in the Tornado Cash case could have wide-ranging effects for all software developers.
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm , who was arrested in August and slapped with three charges related to his role as a co-founder of Ethereum privacy protocol Tornado Cash, has received support in the form of three amicus briefs from prominent pro-crypto organizations.
The three amicus briefs were filed by Coin Center, the Blockchain Association, and the DeFi Education Fund. The briefs, though written and filed separately, make largely similar arguments against the government's characterization of the case in its indictment. Yet the Blockchain Association, in its brief, points out that this characterization goes against FinCEN's own definitions. "Unless the intermediary exercises total independent control over the assets, money-transmitter liability cannot attach," the brief reads. "Indeed, FinCEN’s own guidance recognizes that 'suppliers of …anonymizing software' are not money transmitters.
Coin Center's brief focuses on arguments against the count of conspiracy to violate the International Economic Emergency Powers Act and provides a First Amendment defense to the charges.
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