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.
IRS Special Agent Stephan George’s testimony regarding some of Hanfeng Lin’s stolen funds having been put through Tornado Cash seemed credible enough to inhibit the defense from submitting a motion for a mistrial.
With a jury finalized, the prosecution and defense made their opening statements, each featuring a very different slant on Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s intentions in creating Tornado Cash.
The judge addressed questions and requests from the defense regarding updated motions and the legitimacy of certain data that will be used as evidence in the case.
In a virtual hearing, the judge presiding over the Tornado Cash case didn't mince words as she highlighted what she plans to focus on as trial begins next week.
Clustering is the process of using heuristic to link together individual UTXOs that are controlled by a single wallet. It is a foundation of chain analysis.