Gate News reports that on March 29, Coin Center Executive Director Peter Van Valkenburgh stated that the Trump administration has not honored its previous commitment not to prosecute developers of cryptocurrency privacy software. The actual law enforcement actions contradict the policy statements, leading developers to face uncertain legal risks. Currently, the U.S. Department of Justice is still pursuing lawsuits and even criminal charges against several developers of privacy tools related to Bitcoin and Ethereum. Among them, Ethereum developer Roman Storm has been partially convicted, and prosecutors are attempting to revive the remaining charges. Coin Center warns that in the absence of “legally binding clarity,” the act of developing privacy tools may still be held accountable due to user purposes (such as money laundering), which exacerbates compliance uncertainty in the industry.
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