According to Cointelegraph, the pretrial detention of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has been extended, raising concerns for privacy technology developers. Pertsev said on X that the decision made it more difficult for him to prepare an appeal.
On November 14, several Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives asked Treasury officials to explain the measures against Tornado Cash. The service was sanctioned in 2022 but is still in operation, accepting $1.8 billion in deposits in the first half of 2024.
Pertsev was sentenced to five years and four months in prison by a Dutch court for money laundering, despite Tornado Cash being a non-custodial protocol. The court found that he did not take sufficient steps to prevent criminals from abusing the protocol.