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ETHEREUM (EF) has announced that it will contribute $ 500,000 to the legal defense of the co -founder of the Tornado Cash. The storm faces three charges in the upcoming trial related to the operation of a coding mixer in the United States.
“Privacy is normal, and the writing law is not a crime” – EF
In the June 13 publication on the X platform, ETAREUM Foundation Detected It will donate $ 500,000 to defend the storm in the next court trial. In addition to the major contribution, the Foundation intends to match an additional 750,000 dollars in donations from the encryption community.
This ethereum announcement comes a month before the beginning of the trial, which will witness the charge of the storm battle, including conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to violate US sanctions, and conspiring to operate unlicensed actions of money. If you are convicted of all these charges, the co -founder of Crypto Mixer faces a prison sentence for up to 45 years.
While the Storm Legal Defense Team tried to obtain these charges in court, its trial is scheduled to start in New York on Monday, July 14. For his defense, the Tornado Cash developer is to raise about $ 2 million.
Ethereum wrote in the post on x:
Privacy is normal, and the writing law is not a crime.
This statement deals with what was a major debate-privacy concerns-in the encryption community since the arrest of the storm in 2023 and other similar cases (the arrest of the co-founder of Telegram, Pavel Dorov, in 2024). While American prosecutors in the United States announced the intention to drop the charge of operating unlicensed money transfer work, Storm maintained his innocence throughout this legal battle.
The co -founder of criticism from Tornado speaks on social media
Earlier on Friday, Storm moved to the social media platform X to resume support for the encryption community, saying that the American judicial system “is trying to crush it.”
The co -encryption founder said:
If you lose, Defi dies with me. The dream of financial freedom, and the law that I believe in – all this fades in the dark. I am fighting, but the weight is unbearable. This is not just my end; It is ours.
The storm also published an estimate A message on x To Ethereum for $ 500,000 donation for legal defense. The co -founder concluded that “your support means the world for me, especially the defense of privacy and the right to a symbol.
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