Perhaps above all, the Merge may have effects on a perennial issue facing the Ethereum blockchain: maximal (formerly miner) extractable value. More commonly known as MEV, this process forms the basis of a secretive industry built on extracting value from block production, and has generated over half a billion dollars since 2020.
DOJ Disputes Roman Storm’s Characterization of Tornado Cash Operations in New Filing
The DOJ charged Storm, alongside fellow developer Roman Semenov, with conspiring to commit money laundering, conspiring to operate an unlicensed...