US Prosecutors Cite Bitcoin Fog Ruling to Support Tornado Cash Trial in New York

This is a jurisdictional play, not a merits argument: prosecutors are using a money-transmitting precedent to keep a high-profile case in their preferred venue. The D.C. Circuit's reasoning turned on where government agents initiated transactions, which could make venue harder to challenge for developers whose code is accessed from anywhere. The practical effect is that Tornado Cash's trial location may hinge less on the software's nature than on a user's physical location, an outcome worth watching for how it shapes future crypto prosecutions.