Paradigm, a crypto -oriented venture capital giant, applied to the court in the court in the case of Tornado Cash Founding Partner Roman Storm, which will start on July 14th.

The company’s blog post written by the Legal Counsel, said that the accusations against Storm concern the fate of all software developers in the United States, not only individual, but also in the United States. Paradigm stressed that the government’s defining the open source software developed by Storm as “illegal money transfer” contradicts both legal texts and past examples.

“The irrationality and injustice of these accusations cannot be underestimated. It is clear that the Ministry of Treasury is not accepted as the money transfer of the software in their own documents.” - Paradigm

📄 What is Amicus Curiae?

“Amicus Curiae”, the “Friend of the Court”, allows the interest groups to present their views to the judicial process. Paradigm argues that Storm can only be accused if there is direct information about criminal revenues, otherwise the production of software should not be criminalized.

🧪 Crime: Software or a criminal partnership?

Roman Storm, in 2023:

Black money laundering conspiracy,

Violation of international economic sanctions,

And he began to be tried on charges of unlicensed money transfer operations.

Last month, the Prosecutor’s Office insists on other charges of the criminal laundering and violation of the IEEPA (International Law on Sanctions), although the prosecutor’s office withdraws the charges of ilgil unlicensed money transfer business ”.

🧧 Community support and search for funds

Roman Storm launched a $ 2 million fund campaign for defense costs. Ethereum Foundation made a donation of $ 500,000 to this campaign last Friday.

Storm said in his X sharing:

“I devoted my soul to Tornado Cash - this software is not a storage, not based on trust, unauthorized, unauthorized and unstoppable. If I lose, defi dies with me.”

🧨 Will Defi’s fate be written in this case?

This case may be a precedent decision to determine the legal responsibility areas of open source developers. If the court finds a developer guilty only because it produces and distributes software, a serious cooling in both the US and globally in the field of defi and web3.

Roman Storm’s case is not only Tornado Cash; It concerns the future of crypto currencies, software freedom and financial privacy. Paradigm’s intervention is expanding the defense line of the sector.

This case is not only an individual accusation; A historical exam about whether the code will be a crime.