🚨NEW: THE PEOPLE AND THE MACHINE Last year, Roman Sterlingov was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for allegedly operating the early bitcoin mixer Bitcoin Fog. For the first time, he now speaks out on the abuse he has experienced in the US Justice system, and what it means to lose your privacy – both for those incarcerated, and for everyone else in society. Read Roman Sterlingov’s full guest post here: https://www.therage.co/the-people-and-the-machine/

🚨NEW: VEGAS 2026: THE DOJ’S DEVELOPER EXEMPTIONS In one of the most anticipated talks of this year's Bitcoin Conference, Todd Blanche promised developers would no longer be targeted – with an important caveat: Once a developer knows that their software is being used for criminal activity, the DOJ could send them to prison for decades to come. https://www.therage.co/blanche-vegas/

💥NEW: LETTER #6: TWO YEARS IN On the two year anniversary of his prosecution, Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez reflects on the War on Crypto. https://www.therage.co/letter-6-two-years-in/

💥NEW: ACQUITTAL FOR STORM? BREAKING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT’S EXOTIC THEORIES At last week's hearing for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, the Government presented theories against Storm's acquittal that, at points, seemed to defy basic logic – to the point that even the Judge cautioned the prosecution. With enough imagination, anyone could be criminally liable for creating software in the Southern District of New York, it seems. https://www.therage.co/acquittal-for-storm-exotic-theories/

🚨 NEW: NO ACQUITTAL FOR STORM TODAY Will Roman Storm be freed? After a much anticipated hearing on the Tornado Cash developer’s motion for acquittal, we still don’t know. Judge Failla again appeared to treat the raised constitutional issues stepmotherly – but did still not seem convinced whether SDNY had proven to have jurisdiction over Storm’s case. Meanwhile, the prosecution appeared to continue to struggle to lay out how Tornado Cash actually works. Full story: https://www.therage.co/roman-storm-acquittal-2/