This is the scariest part....the court didn't just say Bitcoin Fog laundered money, it said any deposit furthered the conspiracy because it enlarged the anonymity set. That logic makes the tool itself the crime, not the intent. By that standard, coinjoin, mixers, even privacy coins are fair game. The "plethora of evidence" is just usage data. Precedent-wise, this is a disaster.
This is the scariest part....the court didn't just say Bitcoin Fog laundered money, it said any deposit furthered the conspiracy because it enlarged the anonymity set. That logic makes the tool itself the crime, not the intent. By that standard, coinjoin, mixers, even privacy coins are fair game. The "plethora of evidence" is just usage data. Precedent-wise, this is a disaster.