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On the decentralized fundraising site Juicebox, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin<\/strong> appears to have given 30 ETH ($111,000)<\/strong> to a legal defense fund for Tornado Cash<\/strong> creators Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm, as on-chain data indicates.<\/p>\n

Support for Tornado Cash Developers<\/h1>\n

The transaction was made at 1:58 am EST to the “Free Alexey & Roman” legal fund on Juicebox, using the address vitalik.eth, which is associated with Buterin.<\/p>\n

To assist inventors of the crypto mixer Tornado Cash<\/strong>\u2014who face allegations of money laundering\u2014the fund has so far received 591 ETH ($2.2 million)<\/strong> for legal assistance.<\/p>\n

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Alexey Pertsev was sentenced by Dutch judges this month to 64 months in jail for his involvement in processing $1.2 billion via the crypto mixer from July 2019 to August 2022, therefore determining he enabled money laundering.<\/p>\n

The U.S.-sanctioned mixer hides on-chain tracks.<\/p>\n

Roman Storm, another developer associated with Tornado Cash, is still under custody in the United States following his 2023 arrest; September is set aside for his trial.<\/p>\n

Buterin sent 10 ETH (about $30,980 at the time) to AssangeDAO, a legal fund on Juicebox to help Julian Assange in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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