# Bankless - Supporting Causes That Empower Freedom

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Aug 13, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/causes*

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## Alexey Pertsev Legal Defense
**August 15, 2024: **Sent $10k to support crypto privacy developer Alexey Pertsev to help him pay to appeal his conviction. Alexey has been unjustly convicted in the Netherland and is facing 5 years in prison for developing open source privacy technology. He needs our help. 

Donate at [https://juicebox.money/v2/p/713?tabid=activity](https://juicebox.money/v2/p/713?tabid=activity) 

## Roman Storm Legal Defense
**February, 2024: **Sent $25k to support crypto privacy developer Roman Storm's legal defense. He's currently awaiting trial in the U.S. We believe this is the most important legal case of our time for establishing precedent for crypto rights in the U.S. 

> Bankless just sent $10k toward your legal defense [@rstormsf](https://twitter.com/rstormsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). We encourage supporters of open source software to donate too - not just for Roman, but for our civic freedoms. We have to stop them here. [pic.twitter.com/NMLkJ8VtZm](https://t.co/NMLkJ8VtZm)— RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦄 (@RyanSAdams) [January 22, 2024](https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1749565423371030802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Donate at [https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm](https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm) 

## Zachxbt Legal Defense
**June 16, 2023:** Sent $25k to fund Zachxbt's legal defense from "MachiBigBrother" who tried to bully him into shutting up through defamation lawsuits. Zachxbt is a crypto treasure shining a light on scammers and frauds - we support his work. 

*UPDATE: Zachxbt returned the funds on September 3rd after Machi dropped the case. *

> Here's [@zachxbt](https://twitter.com/zachxbt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s donation address:ETH: 0x6eA158145907a1fAc74016087611913A96d96624Note: all EVM Chains are acceptedAnd here's his thread w/ the details of the suit:[https://t.co/X9aVKtnJys](https://t.co/X9aVKtnJys)— Bankless (@BanklessHQ) [June 16, 2023](https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1669807548764164098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)