[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Dave Craige 🇺🇸 [@davecraige](/creator/twitter/davecraige) on x 17.4K followers Created: 2025-07-18 16:57:44 UTC I think the Tornado Cash story is a story of arrogance and hubris: - There were SIX other illegal crypto mixers but they built it anyway. - Roman literally wore shirts with a washing machine and the words Tornado Cash to conferences. - @dragonfly_xyz should have clearly known this was illegal. But the legal team there signed off and funded this for $900k. - They started getting criminal, dark money deposited to the site/protocol pretty much right away but they continued. - Roman paid himself $39M in $TORN tokens. - They talked openly in chats about the crime happening on their site. - They absolutely could have taken the site offline, but they never did. - Roman secretly sold $12M in $TORN tokens and moved the money to his private account. - Then they played the victim when they were caught. XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [$900k](/topic/$900k) [$dave](/topic/$dave) [Post Link](https://x.com/davecraige/status/1946253063854952479)
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Dave Craige 🇺🇸 @davecraige on x 17.4K followers
Created: 2025-07-18 16:57:44 UTC
I think the Tornado Cash story is a story of arrogance and hubris:
There were SIX other illegal crypto mixers but they built it anyway.
Roman literally wore shirts with a washing machine and the words Tornado Cash to conferences.
@dragonfly_xyz should have clearly known this was illegal. But the legal team there signed off and funded this for $900k.
They started getting criminal, dark money deposited to the site/protocol pretty much right away but they continued.
Roman paid himself $39M in $TORN tokens.
They talked openly in chats about the crime happening on their site.
They absolutely could have taken the site offline, but they never did.
Roman secretly sold $12M in $TORN tokens and moved the money to his private account.
Then they played the victim when they were caught.
XXX engagements
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