Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the Department of Justice will no longer target blockchain developers and coders for crimes committed by third parties using their products. Pointing to a new approach to enforcement under the Trump Administration, Blanche said that as long as coders and developers are not involved in criminal activity, the DoJ and FBI will not attempt to prosecute them. The issue arose after several developers involved in privacy protocols like Tornado Cash were prosecuted or threatened with prosecution under the Biden Administration. Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm and a colleague were indicted in 2023, and Storm was convicted in August 2025 after Tornado Cash…
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Two of Worldcoin's iris scanning orbs flank a promotional poster at the ETHGlobal conference in New YorkControversial Worldcoin Scans Retinas at ETH NYC, Skips Over its Messy History
Is Big Brother attempting to recruit all the young devs?
In our ongoing series exploring the increasing intersections of blockchain and AI, we’ve highlighted both novel approaches to combining the two exponential technologies in sectors like healthcare that impact everyone, as well as how blockchain can ensure both privacy and transparency. The latter is particularly important given the risks posed by AI — its potential to eliminate millions of jobs, including those previously deemed more immune to technology, the acceleration of deep fakes that threaten our increasingly slippery hold on what is true, the reduction in the ability of humans to control weapons of mass destruction and more. (And as evidence that these are collective concerns, when you type “biggest…