In a day dominated by low-energy evidence, the exploiter of Crema Finance described Tornado Cash’s (small) role in his crime.

One nuance of a jury trial that the movies tend to get wrong is that lawyers aren’t allowed, for most of the trial’s duration, to tell a story. With the exception of opening and closing statements, prosecution and defense teams are restricted to eliciting and presenting evidence and interviewing witnesses, and can’t directly draw larger connections or highlight patterns.

That’s why you end up with days like today, July 22, in the case of U.S. v. Roman Storm: a stream of painfully meticulous witness testimony presenting a jumble of facts whose real implications were, at best, unclear.

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