Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash, told a US federal judge that the charges should be dropped after sanctions imposed on the platform’s smart contracts were deemed illegal. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control exceeded its authority. Storm argued that this decision affected his charges of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. He also noted that Tornado Cash is not a financial institution and that the protocol became immutable in May 2020. Share your thoughts in the comments.