Treasury Puts DeFi On Notice as Roman Storm Trial Drags On
Unchained | Aug 27 2026 | 01:14:48
Roman Storm's retrial slides to April 2027. Peter Van Valkenburgh argues prosecuting Tornado Cash's developers cost real ground in zero knowledge cryptography.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared "economic D-Day" on Iran, leaving an open question over whether the sanctions crackdown reaches Uniswap and Ethereum or stops at Iranian exchanges, where humans are in the loop.
Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan take that gap to Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director of Coin Center, whose defense of the Tornado Cash developers rests as much on zero knowledge cryptography as on sanctions law.
They cover the GENIUS Act's freeze and seize rules for the stablecoin secondary market and Roman Storm's retrial, now pushed to April 2027, where speech protections clash with prosecutors' "frying pan" theory of money transmission.
The SEC's proposed exemptions, the stalled Clarity Act, and Trump’s Hyperliquid all raise the same question: where does decentralization end and regulation begin?
Hosts:
Kain Warwick - Host of Uneasy Money and Founder of Infinex and Synthetix
Taylor Monahan - Co-host of Uneasy Money and Security Expert
Guest:
Peter Van Valkenburgh - Executive Director of Coin Center
Timestamps
🎯 01:26 Bessent brands Iran sanctions 'economic D-Day', DeFi not exempt
🏦 11:15 Van Valkenburgh explains the freeze-and-seize rules coming for stablecoins
💰 15:18 Bessent claims a $1B Iranian crypto rug, but the receipts don't add up
🌊 25:08 1inch Aqua: back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at http://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-sn
⚖️ 25:50 Roman Storm's retrial slips to April as an acquittal motion looms
🔐 38:24 Why Van Valkenburgh calls Tornado Cash's developer a hero, not a villain
📜 47:22 SEC's 'Reg Crypto' plan opens two new paths to raise ICO-like capital
🏇 58:07 Trump name-drops Hyperliquid, raising hard questions for the CFTC
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared "economic D-Day" on Iran, leaving an open question over whether the sanctions crackdown reaches Uniswap and Ethereum or stops at Iranian exchanges, where humans are in the loop.
Kain Warwick and Taylor Monahan take that gap to Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director of Coin Center, whose defense of the Tornado Cash developers rests as much on zero knowledge cryptography as on sanctions law.
They cover the GENIUS Act's freeze and seize rules for the stablecoin secondary market and Roman Storm's retrial, now pushed to April 2027, where speech protections clash with prosecutors' "frying pan" theory of money transmission.
The SEC's proposed exemptions, the stalled Clarity Act, and Trump’s Hyperliquid all raise the same question: where does decentralization end and regulation begin?
Hosts:
Kain Warwick - Host of Uneasy Money and Founder of Infinex and Synthetix
Taylor Monahan - Co-host of Uneasy Money and Security Expert
Guest:
Peter Van Valkenburgh - Executive Director of Coin Center
Timestamps
🎯 01:26 Bessent brands Iran sanctions 'economic D-Day', DeFi not exempt
🏦 11:15 Van Valkenburgh explains the freeze-and-seize rules coming for stablecoins
💰 15:18 Bessent claims a $1B Iranian crypto rug, but the receipts don't add up
🌊 25:08 1inch Aqua: back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at http://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-sn
⚖️ 25:50 Roman Storm's retrial slips to April as an acquittal motion looms
🔐 38:24 Why Van Valkenburgh calls Tornado Cash's developer a hero, not a villain
📜 47:22 SEC's 'Reg Crypto' plan opens two new paths to raise ICO-like capital
🏇 58:07 Trump name-drops Hyperliquid, raising hard questions for the CFTC
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