Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #976, 15 May

Free Alexey Pertsev!

Today is International Family Day. At Moni Talks, over the past three-plus years, we've also formed a very warm, comfortable, and kind family! Thank you for being here. 

Now briefly about important matters. After all, we value your time, time is Moni.

What's happening with the projects?

- Alexey Pertsev, one of the developers of the Tornado Cash mixer, was sentenced by the U.S. authorities (Amsterdam court, but everyone understands everything) to 5 years and 4 months.

He is accused of laundering $1.2 billion. Essentially, the guy who just wrote the code is being blamed for all the sins of the people who used this code.

It turns out, with the same success, you could imprison any creator of a hunting knife because someone killed someone with it.

Free Alexey Pertsev! 

- We will be able to claim DRIFT on May 16th at 12:00 UTC.

- Notcoin is counting down to launch. Tomorrow will be a very hot day.