Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to over five years in prison by a Dutch court for laundering $1.2 billion in crypto. This ruling disappointed some in the crypto industry, but U.S. laws might lead to a different outcome for other developers, such as Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, whose trial begins in September. Storm's defense argues that writing code is protected as free speech under the First Amendment. Despite Pertsev's verdict, experts believe U.S. legal standards, including higher intent requirements and strong constitutional protections, could favor Storm. Crypto groups vow to defend developers' rights globally. This could have led crypto market to turn RED these days.
