According to paulgrewal.eth, after the 5th Circuit ruled against the government in November, the government repeatedly sought to delay a final judgment in the Tornado Cash case by requesting the Court for multiple postponements before ultimately claiming the case was moot due to their voluntary removal actions (source: paulgrewal.eth, Twitter, April 28, 2025). For traders, this legal maneuvering has increased regulatory uncertainty around privacy-focused crypto protocols like Tornado Cash, influencing short-term market sentiment and potentially impacting DeFi token liquidity and volatility.