Tornado Cash

Beltway Confidential: Inside the D.C. Crypto Scene, Austin Convention Center: Unlock Stage, Austin, Texas, USA - 28 Apr 2023
Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Coin Center Lawsuit Against U.S. Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
In a statement, the trade group’s CEO Kristin Smith, said that regulatory actions should only target bad actors and not punish the crypto mixing tool.
Beltway Confidential: Inside the D.C. Crypto Scene, Austin Convention Center: Unlock Stage, Austin, Texas, USA - 28 Apr 2023

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Lawyers Challenging U.S. Tornado Cash Sanctions Say Free Speech Is at Stake
Open source software isn’t property, and current sanctions laws are ill-equipped to handle this, lawyers argue.
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Tornado Cash DAO Attacker Starts to Move Ether, TORN Tokens
The attacker holds over 20 ether in their wallet, and continues to have access to potentially all of Tornado Cash’s treasury funds as of Thursday.
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Tornado Cash Developer Facing Dutch Charges to Question Chainalysis Data
Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev will be allowed to cross question blockchain analytics company Chainalysis as he seeks to clear his name of money laundering charges according to the rulings of a Dutch court Coin Desk Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De discusses what to expect from Pertsev's case and his upcoming [...]
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CDCROP: Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev was tried (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
Tornado Cash Dev Facing Dutch Charges to Question Chainalysis Data Alleging Criminal Links
Lawyers for the privacy protocol developer facing money laundering charges in the Netherlands have disputed the evidence purporting to prove links to criminal money.
CDCROP: Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev was tried (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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Tornado Cash’s TORN Token Rises After Attacker Proposes to Undo Attack
The Tornado Cash token TORN rose after a proposal submitted by a wallet address linked to a recent attack on the decentralized autonomous organization’s DAO governance state looks to reverse the malicious changes The Hash panel discusses the outlook for the governance of Tornado Cash's DAO in the latest De Fi exploit making waves in [...]
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Tornado Cash’s TORN Token Up 10% as Attacker Submits Proposal to Undo Attack
The proposal would revert Tornado Cash’s governance back to token holders, but not everyone in the community agrees that it's a benevolent plan.
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Privacy Project Railgun DAO Adopts Chainway’s ‘Proof of Innocence’ Tool
Railgun DAO’s new functionality – initially developed by the developer Chainway for use on Tornado Cash – could allow users to mathematically demonstrate that coins involved in transactions did not come from blacklisted addresses. Digital Currency Group, owner of CoinDesk, is an investor in Railgun DAO.
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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Can Await Trial From Home, Dutch Court Rules
Alexey Pertsev, a Russian developer who worked on code for the Tornado Cash privacy protocol, can await trial from home, a court in the Netherlands has ruled. Pertsev has been in a Dutch jail since August after U.S. authorities sanctioned the privacy protocol. “The Hash” panel discusses the latest developments.
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Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev was tried (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
Tornado Cash Developer Pertsev Can Be Freed Pending Trial, Dutch Court Rules
Pertsev has been in a Dutch jail since August after U.S. authorities sanctioned the privacy protocol.
Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev was tried (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)