Pro Crypto, Anti Privacy: Will Trump Free Samourai?
Last month, the Treasury lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash. In response, many rekindled their calls for the Trump administration to drop the charges against Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the developers of Samourai Wallet who are currently being prosecuted in the Southern District of New York.
What many appear to have missed is that the Treasury’s sanctions reversal for Tornado Cash also revealed the Treasury’s stance on privacy services. And it isn’t looking good.
Tornado Cash’s removal from OFAC’s SDN list followed a lawsuit by Tornado Cash users in a Texas District Court case that has become known as Van Loon v. US Department of the Treasury, in which it was argued that the sanctioning of the software was…
