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How a Bitcoin Mixer Laundering Conviction Might Be Appealed

13.3.2024

Bitcoin Fog Founder Convicted of Money Laundering

12.3.2024
Roman Sterlingov, the founder of long-running cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog, was convicted by a federal jury in Washington on Tuesday of facilitating the laundering of over 1.2 million bitcoins – worth about $860 million at today’s prices – tied to darknet marketplaces

How the Crypto Industry Responded to FinCEN's Proposed Mixer Rule

30.1.2024
Last October, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed implementing a new regulatory regime for crypto mixing services that would treat the entire class of privacy tools as money laundering threats and force new recordkeeping rules on U.S. people or entities that use them. The industry...

Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden

24.1.2024
A legal fund for the defense of Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev has received more than $350,675 and public support from Edward Snowden, the former NSA whistleblower

South Korea Seeks Regulation Against Crypto Mixers Citing Illegal Use Cases

15.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock South Korean regulators seek to introduce new laws that would sanction the use of cryptocurrency mixers in the country to curb the rate of illicit financial activities. According to local news outlets, the Financial Intelligence Unit is considering rolling out new regulations...

North Korea-Affiliated Hackers Stole $600 Million in 2023 — Ten Times More Damaging Than Anyone Else

10.1.2024
North Korea-affiliated hackers stole digital assets worth $600 million in the past year. According to a TRM Labs report, this figure will likely rise to $700 million if additional attacks which occurred at the tail end of the year are traced to the same hackers. North Korea and its affiliates...

Crypto Crooks Sent Over $300M to Bitcoin Mixers in 2023: CertiK Research

14.12.2023
Following the demise of the popular crypto mixing protocol, Tornado Cash, the Bitcoin ecosystem has become a preferred avenue for discreet fund movement, according to research by blockchain analytics firm CertiK. In its recent report, CertiK, known for conducting smart contract audits and on-chain...

FinCEN Proposes New Rules that Could Impact Bitcoin's CoinJoin Services Alongside Mixers

23.10.2023
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has put forward a notice of proposed rulemaking that could have significant implications for the crypto mixers, including Bitcoin (BTC)'s CoinJoin. If these new rules are implemented, they would classify the mixing of convertible virtual...

FinCEN Targets Crypto Mixers Over Laundering and National Security Concerns

20.10.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, this week proposed regulations aimed at increasing transparency around crypto mixing services. These services, the agency says, are used by terrorist organizations and state actors to obscure financial...

U.S. Treasury Targets Crypto Mixers in Anti-Money Laundering Move

20.10.2023
The Biden administration has designated crypto "mixers" as primary money-laundering hubs. In a Thursday notice, United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed requiring domestic financial institutions and agencies to "implement certain recordkeeping...

U.S. Treasury Seeks to Name Crypto Mixers as 'Money Laundering Concern'

19.10.2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes arm is proposing to label crypto mixers as a "primary money laundering concern" in its effort to combat illicit crypto finance, highlighting the terrorist groups that have benefited from anonymous crypto funds, including possibly Hamas

US Treasury plans to designate crypto mixers as money-laundering hubs: Report

19.10.2023
The department previously targeted individuals connected to Tornado Cash, but its reported actions on mixers followed concerns suggesting Hamas was financed in part by crypto

Criminals more reliant on cross-chain bridges than ever after mixer crackdowns

20.9.2023
The sanction of cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash in August caused the first major shift, but that is now accelerating even faster than projected

Coinbase-Backed Group Loses Lawsuit Arguing Tornado Cash Sanctions Overstepped U.S. Treasury's Authority

17.8.2023
A group of crypto investors and developers lost a lawsuit funded by Coinbase which sought to argue that the U.S. Treasury Department overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash, a mixing service

Today in Crypto: Binance Says US CFTC 'Relies on Overreaching and Internally Inconsistent Theories', US Senate Includes Crypto Mixers in its Approved National Defense Bill, The British Museum Partners with The Sandbox

28.7.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________... Read More: Today in Crypto: Binance Says US CFTC 'Relies on Overreaching and Internally Inconsistent Theories', US Senate Includes...