Vitalik Buterin suggested that Roger Ver is being targeted due to his outspoken advocacy for personal freedoms and rejection of “coercive state power”, reinforcing claims that his prosecution is politically motivated

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Mar 1, 2025 - 12:00am

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The case against Roger seems very politically motivated; like with Ross Ulbricht, there have been plenty of people and corporations who have been accused of far worse and yet faced sentences far milder than what Roger is facing

The argument that the flashlight on him is motivated by things he said (namely, his advocacy of freedom and refusal to accept legitimacy of coercive state power) seems compelling.