Junior Associate at Buzko Krasnov (www.buzko.legal) | Consulting Web3 startups, crypto funds, exchanges
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๐จ Alexey Pertsev to Be Released from Prison ๐จ Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has announced that he will be released from prison on February 7, 2025, and will be placed under electronic monitoring https://x.com/alex_pertsev/status/1887523522488283488 ๐ A quick recap of past events: ๐ In August 2022, Alexey Pertsev was arrested in Amsterdam after the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Tornado Cash, accusing it of facilitating the laundering of crypto stolen by North Korean hackers. ๐ In March 2024, a court found Pertsev guilty of laundering $1.2 billion and sentenced him to 64 months in prison. And what about Storm and Semenov? ๐ค
With ๐ง๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, held on November 1-2 in ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ, now behind us, I can confidently say it was an incredible experience! ๐ฆ๐ช๐ Over the course of these two days, we experienced everything you could hope for at a major crypto conference โ inspiring projects, plenty of networking, and, of course, the must-have merch! After all, whatโs a crypto gathering without a bit of swag? ๐ One of the highlights was hosting our own ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฝ, where we brought together lawyers and startup founders to discuss essential topics like crypto regulation and emerging trends like memecoins. It was an engaging and unique event that set itself apart from the rest of the conference! Where else would you see lawyers in T-shirts presenting on the latest in the memecoin world? ๐ค A special thanks to @buzko and @petkevitch for their support and dedication to the true spirit of the Web3 community.
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