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Policy

Regulations

Wife of Arrested Tornado Cash Developer Denies Russia Secret Service Links

Financial-crime analysts at Kharon have connected Alexey Pertsev, who is currently in a Dutch prison awaiting trial on suspicion of facilitating money laundering via crypto protocols, to Russian espionage.

By Jack Schickler

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Aug 26, 2022 at 12:10 p.m. UTC

Aug 26, 2022

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Policy

Regulations

US Lawmaker Emmer Asks Treasury Department to Explain Tornado Cash Sanctions

Treasury's sanctions watchdog sanctioned Tornado Cash earlier this month on allegations it helped North Korea's Lazarus Group launder millions of stolen crypto funds.

By Nikhilesh De

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Aug 23, 2022 at 3:05 p.m. UTC

Aug 23, 2022

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Business

Bitcoin

Can Ethereum Fight Back Against the US’ Sweeping Censorship Attempt?

In a world where Ethereum users don’t want to be censored, there may be a way to push back.

By George Kaloudis

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Aug 21, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC

Aug 21, 2022

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Tech

Valid points

Tornado Cash Fallout: Can Ethereum Be Censored?

In light of OFAC’s Tornado Cash sanctions, Ethereum's community debates what to do if validators censor sanctioned addresses.

By Sam KesslerSage D. Young

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Aug 17, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC

Aug 17, 2022

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Layer 2

Ofac

The Downside of Sanctioning Tornado Cash

OFAC’s blacklisting of an Ethereum smart contract stands to compromise innocent users’ privacy while doing little to stop bad actors.

By gets qt

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Aug 16, 2022 at 4:09 p.m. UTC

Aug 16, 2022

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Podcasts

The breakdown

Are the US Sanctions on Tornado the Beginning of a War on Privacy?

The U.S. Treasury Department’s OFAC has added Tornado Cash and all associated addresses to the sanctions list.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

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Aug 8, 2022 at 9:42 p.m. UTC

Aug 8, 2022

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Policy

Treasury department

Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Blacklisted by US Treasury

The department barred its use by U.S. persons as a matter of national security because North Korean hackers allegedly use the mixer to launder stolen crypto funds.

By Nikhilesh De

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Aug 8, 2022 at 2:13 p.m. UTC

Aug 8, 2022

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Policy

Regulations

US Treasury Official Warns Crypto Industry to Proactively Sanction 'Problematic' Wallets

FinCEN Associate Director Alessio Evangelista said crypto service providers shouldn't wait for the government to designate a wallet if it's being used for illicit activity.

By Danny Nelson

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May 19, 2022 at 4:37 p.m. UTC

May 19, 2022

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Policy

Regulations

US Officials Add North Korea-Linked Bitcoin Mixer, More BTC and ETH Addresses to Sanctions List

The U.S. Treasury Department is ramping up efforts to ice the flow of stolen crypto from a historic $620 million hack.

By Nikhilesh De

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May 6, 2022 at 1:08 p.m. UTC

May 6, 2022

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Policy

Ofac

US Treasury Sanctions More North Korea-Linked ETH Wallets Over $600M Ronin Hack

The three new wallets join an Ethereum address added to the sanctions list last week.

By Danny NelsonNikhilesh De

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Apr 22, 2022 at 6:04 p.m. UTC

Apr 22, 2022

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