Federal prosecutors have filed a new argument against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's request for an acquittal. They cited a recent appeals court decision in a case involving the cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog and submitted it as supplemental authority. The filing was reported on October 7, 2026.
The dispute is about venue, meaning whether New York is the right place to try parts of the case. Prosecutors say the Bitcoin Fog ruling backs their view that Tornado Cash activity in Manhattan was enough to establish venue there for those parts of the case. Storm is asking for an acquittal, and the government opposes it.
Several things are not yet known. The report does not say how the court will treat the new citation, which parts of the case the venue question covers, or how Storm's side will respond. Reports describe the filing as a potential blow to Storm's acquittal bid, but no ruling on the request has been reported.
For anyone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this filing changes nothing directly. It is a court argument about where a case can be tried. The report says nothing about funding rates, trading fees or exchange liquidity, and no exchange or perpetual market is named in it.
Source: cointelegraph — DOJ invokes Bitcoin Fog ruling in potential blow to Roman Storm acquittal bid
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