A U.S. judge has ordered a 7-month reduction in the prison sentence of Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel has ordered the sentence of Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to be reduced from 63 months to 56 months.

In April 2022, U.S. prosecutors stated that Castel violated sanctions law by traveling to North Korea in 2019 "to give a talk on using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to evade sanctions and provide technical advice," resulting in a 63-month prison sentence.