Tornado Cash cofounder Roman Storm has not clarified whether he will testify in his own defense at his upcoming criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin on July 14 in New York. 

In a recent interview with Crypto In America, Storm said, “This is the decision that we will make. I don’t have a 100% answer right now. I may or may not.” 

Storm faces charges including money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter, and conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions.

This story is an excerpt from the Unchained Daily newsletter.

The trial is seen as a landmark case for open-source software developers and decentralized finance, with significant industry attention and financial support for Storm’s defense.

Storm said in June that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has attempted to block several of his expert witnesses, with the DOJ arguing that their testimony is not directly relevant to the charges.

“They don’t want the jury to hear the truth about how Tornado Cash actually works or why what I built was legal,” said Storm.