On-Chain, In Court: What happened in crypto legal news this week
Federal prosecutors proposed a late-2026 retrial schedule for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm after his 2025 conviction on one of three charges and a jury deadlock on the other two. A final pretrial conference is set for Oct. 20, with trial potentially starting in late October or November 2026, depending on the court’s ruling on Storm’s Rule 29 acquittal motion. In a separate SDNY case, Judge John Koeltl gave prosecutors 60 days to respond to former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky’s pro se motion to vacate his 12-year sentence, with an answer expected by mid-August. Mashinsky is serving prison time after his 2025 sentencing for fraud-related charges tied to Celsius’s collapse. Also, Judge Margaret Garnett set a December 2026 trial for U.S. soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, accused of making over $400,000 on a Polymarket contract using nonpublic information about Nicolás Maduro.
