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Tornado Cash Developer Faces Money Laundering Charges, To Remain in Jail Until At Least February
23.11.2022
Tornado Cash developer Alexsey Pertsev will remain in jail for another three months after being charged with money laundering allegations for the development of the mixing service.
Pertsev, who has been held in detention for the past 100 days, was arrested by Dutch authorities over alleged...
Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev to stay detained until next year’s hearing
22.11.2022
A Dutch court hearing ruled that the Tornado Cash developer would be held for another three months as the investigation continues
Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail Until at Least Late Februrary
22.11.2022
Pertsev has been in Dutch prison since August, accused of facilitating money laundering for his work on the U.S. Treasury-sanctioned app
US Treasury Redesignates Sanctions on Tornado Cash Crypto Mixer, Citing North Korea Involvement
9.11.2022
The US Treasury Department has redesignated sanctions on the mixing service Tornado Cash, saying North Korea’s Lazarus Group has used the service to launder more than $100m stolen in crypto heists.
The new sanctions were published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...
US Revamps Sanctions on Tornado Cash in Bid to Turn Screw on North Korea
9.11.2022
The American government has refined its sanctions on the ethereum (ETH) mixing service Tornado Cash – in a fresh round of measures aimed at targeting North Korea....
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US Treasury redesignates Tornado Cash sanctions, citing North Korea nuclear weapons program
8.11.2022
The redesignation of the crypto mixer essentially replaces the U.S. Treasury’s actions from August, establishing sanctions for its role in “enabling malicious cyber activities."
US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash Sanctions
8.11.2022
The U.S. Treasury Department re-added Tornado Cash to its sanctions list on Tuesday, alleging North Korean hackers used it to launder over $100 million worth of crypto from the Harmony Bridge and Nomad hacks over the summer
Deribit hackers move stolen Ether to Tornado Cash crypto mixer
7.11.2022
The Deribit hot wallet hacker has transferred 1,610 ETH (over $2.5 million) to Tornado Cash, according to data from the Ethereum block explorer Etherscan
TempleDAO Exploiter Moves Ether Worth Over $2.5M to Tornado Cash
17.10.2022
The protocol was attacked for over $2 million last week
Coin Center Sues Janet Yellen Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
13.10.2022
The crypto think tank Coin Center has sued US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen over sanctions imposed on the coin mixer Tornado Cash, saying the service has legitimate use cases.
In the lawsuit, filed in Florida on Wednesday this week, Coin Center said Tornado Cash is “an open-source software tool...
Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Ban — Lawsuit Says Government’s Action ‘Was Unlawful’
12.10.2022
The non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing cryptocurrencies, Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against the Treasury department, the secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) director Andrea Gacki. Coin Center’s court filing says...
Coin Center files lawsuit against US Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions
12.10.2022
The advocacy group alleged OFAC “exceeded their statutory authority” in sanctioning Tornado Cash because the mixer was a “privacy tool beyond the control of anyone.”
Crypto Think Tank Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
12.10.2022
Coin Center is backing a second lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department alleging its sanctioning of Tornado Cash overstepped legal bounds
Transit Finance Hacker Returns $2.74M to Victims, Sends $686K to Tornado Cash
10.10.2022
A hacker that swindled cross-bridge DeFi Protocol Transit Finance out of $28.9 million has agreed to return $2.74 million to victims
Transit Swap ‘hacker’ returns 70% of $23M in stolen funds
3.10.2022
The funds returned so far has come in the form of Ether (ETH), Binance-pegged ETH and BNB ($14.2 million)
The 'Brussels Effect' wields real influence over US crypto regulation
30.9.2022
The European Union is leading the way when it comes to global cryptocurrency regulations
How to Deal With Tornado Cash (Without Using Sanctions)
29.9.2022
The Problem Tornado Cash Raises About Base Layer Censorship on Ethereum
28.9.2022
3 reasons why USDC stablecoin dropping below $50B market cap is Tether's gain
26.9.2022
The stablecoin's top-rival Tether has witnessed growth in its market cap, on the other hand
Github Partially Reinstates Tornado Cash Codebase, Open Source Code Set to Read-Only Mode
24.9.2022
The internet hosting and software development subsidiary of Microsoft, Github, has partially unbanned the Tornado Cash repositories following the recent sanctions enforced by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Github’s decision follows the U.S....