DOJ Files New Brief in Roman Storm Case as FinCEN Drops Mixer Rule

The timing is the signal: DOJ pressing Storm's venue challenge in the same window FinCEN abandons its mixer rule suggests prosecutors are defending the case on its own footing rather than leaning on a regulatory backdrop that is now receding. That matters most for developers of privacy and infrastructure tools, who face a legal theory built on money-transmitting status rather than a formal mixer regime. Whether the venue fight or the pending acquittal motion reshapes the case before retrial is the open question.