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DOJ Confirms 'Code Is Not a Crime'
The DOJ will no longer investigate or charge blockchain developers for crimes committed by third parties using their software, provided the developer had no knowing involvement in those crimes. The new policy directly reverses the enforcement posture that produced Roman Storm's conviction in August 2025 and Roman Semenov's 2023 indictment over Tornado Cash. Crypto legal observers flag that the "knowingly helping" standard remains undefined, leaving open questions about where prosecutorial discretion ends and protected open-source development begins.
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