Roman Storm’s prosecution has drawn widespread opposition from the crypto community, with over 250 leaders, including Tim Beiko and Ryan Sean Adams, urging the Trump administration to intervene, warning that the case threatens to criminalize code-writing and chill innovation in crypto and AI

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Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko and Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams were among over 250 signatories urging President Trump’s administration to intervene and halt what they described as regulatory overreach.
It could scare software developers and harm innovation in tech, like crypto or artificial intelligence (AI)
The DeFi Education Fund, which authored the April 28 petition, has argued that the Department of Justice’s approach threatens to criminalize “code-writing itself.