“SW devs pled to the unlicensed money transmission conspiracy, in exchange for dropping the money laundering conspiracy.

Keone, who was required by the judge to state his criminal conduct in his own words, gave a careful allocution that accurately stated that it was the SW users, and not the software, that “transmitted funds.”

https://twitter.com/zackbshapiro/status/1950573332451016856

This appears to imply that the *only* reason for SW users breaking the historical links between transactions is money laundering, rather than simply good for privacy. That’s not good for anyone who used the service for legitimate, legal reasons. The prosecutor is trying to put taint on coinjoins.