The winner of "Crypto: The Game" donated the prize to the Tornado Cash developers
🥇 The winner of the second season of "Crypto: The Game," who goes by the pseudonym Player 733, donated his prize of 71.8 ETH (valued at approximately $210,000 at the time) to Tornado Cash developers Oleksiy Pertsev and Roman Storm.
In August 2022, the 🇺🇸 U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) placed Tornado Cash on its blacklist for facilitating the 🧺 laundering of over $7 billion in criminal proceeds.
During that month, Oleksiy Pertsev was detained, but his detention status was modified to 🏘 house arrest in April 2023.
🌪 Tornado Cash co-founders, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, faced charges in the U.S. for money laundering and breaching sanctions. Storm was released on bail, while Semenov remained free but under sanctions.
As of January 2024, Storm and Pertsev began raising $1.5 million for legal fees through the newly established JusticeDAO fund, receiving substantial support from the cryptocurrency community.