Samourai and Tornado Cash both pinning hopes on upcoming ruling
Bitcoin privacy and coin mixing service Samourai is having a big week in court, with both co-founders facing charges of conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter in the Southern District of New York. William Lonergan Hill and Keonne Rodriguez are accused by the FBI of facilitating at least $100 million worth of money laundering transactions for illegal operatives. Although the two men appeared together in a US courtroom for the first time this week, there wasn’t much legal action of consequence. Nevertheless, proceedings in another coin mixer case involving are set to have a significant bearing on Samourai’s defense. First things first, the duo opened their day on Wednesday in front of the judge to request a delay of their trial date. They asked for more time to review several terabytes of discovery data that they received less than five weeks ago. Despite characterizing the size of the data through metaphors like “to the moon and back