Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith was apprehended for giving a helping hand to the Noeth Korea on how to avoid sanctions on using the platform. Though Griffith has since been bailed by Judge Vernon S. Broderick of the United State District Court for the Southern District of New York and has been allowed to return home to live with his family after paying a bail amount of $1million though his bail was initially rejected on December 26 because it was alleged, he canceled his US citizenship; an allegation which his lawyer, Brian Klein denied.