Android’s new rule requires all app developers to submit personal information to Google, even for apps outside the Play Store. Critics argue this threatens user freedom and ignores solutions.
In the wake of the Tornado Cash verdict and the Samourai Wallet developers' plea deal, Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director of Coin Center, a nonprofit organization focused on Bitcoin and crypto policy issues, believes that President Trump’s vision of making the United States the crypto capital of the world might not be truly fulfilled.
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has been found guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, while the jury wasn’t unanimous on the other two counts that the developer faced.
After three days of deliberation, many, including myself, are anxious for a verdict in the Tornado Cash trial, but the fact that it’s taking so long for the members of the jury to arrive at one may be a good sign for the defense.
15 months after being charged with conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, the Samourai Wallet founders have pled guilty to the latter charge.
Dr. Matthew J. Edman, a specialist in cybersecurity and crypto investigations, detailed for the court how Tornado Cash works and challenged certain claims made by two of the prosecution’s witnesses.