Odaily Planet Daily News: The Stanford Blockchain Club expresses deep concern over the U.S. government's pursuit of Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov under traditional federal money transmission laws like 18 U.S.C. § 1960. The organization believes that using outdated laws to address modern decentralized blockchain technology is akin to forcing a square peg into a round hole. Tornado Cash operates through immutable smart contracts, allowing users to conceal transactions without intermediaries. Here, users have complete control over their tokens from start to finish, unlike traditional custodial services. It stated, 'The Justice Department's active application of 18 U.S.C. § 1960 in this case raises issues far beyond the direct context of blockchain technology, circumventing the democratic process and undermining the constitutional framework that grants Congress legislative power and executive discretion.' (Bitcoin.com)