Crypto Bros’ Mistrial Was Such an ‘Emotional Burden’ for Deadlocked Jurors That ‘Half’ of Them Cried

In May of last year, two brothers in their 20s were arrested for what the Justice Department at the time called “attacking the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million.” Attacking the blockchain does sound like a cool, sci-fi crime, but the brothers maintained that they were just aggressive traders, not criminals, and yesterday, their prosecution culminated in what sounds like a very stressful mistrial.

The prosecution’s case was that Anton Peraire-Bueno and James…