Prosecutors push to retry Tornado Cash founder even after Washington said crypto mixers have legal uses

Washington sent two messages about crypto privacy in the same week. Treasury told Congress that lawful users of digital assets may leverage mixers to protect personal wealth, business payments, charitable donations, and consumer spending habits from public view on transparent blockchains. Days later, SDNY prosecutors filed a letter proposing to retry Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm in October 2026 on the two coun…