The U.S. Department of the Treasury acknowledged that there were issues with the previous regulations related to mixers, and the co-founder of Tornado Cash stated that the Department of Justice is still pushing for a conviction against them

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm posted on X platform stating that the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently acknowledged in a document that there were issues with the previous rules regarding mixers, and mentioned that this policy could have a "chilling effect" on legitimate activities.

Storm stated that although the relevant department of the U.S. Department of the Treasury now believes there are issues with the policy, the U.S. Department of Justice still insists in its case that even legitimate transactions conducted through Tornado Cash constitute illegal activities due to the potential for being used for money laundering, evading sanctions, and other criminal purposes.

Storm claimed that the non-criminal department of the U.S. government believes the policy is inappropriate, while the criminal justice department considers all related transactions to be criminal; he has been detained and prosecuted for over 1,139 days and stated that his case stems from developing open-source code.

Storm also mentioned that a new document was submitted today to the Southern District of New York (SDNY) federal court, and the U.S. Department of Justice is still pushing for his conviction.