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Tornado Cash User Continues to Send ETH to Prominent Figures, Buterin Admits He Used the Mixer
10.8.2022
An anonymous user is continuing to send small amounts of ethereum (ETH) from a Tornado Cash wallet to the public addresses of prominent figures, ranging from celebrities to crypto CEOs, presumably as a way to protest against the US Treasury's decision to sanction the mixing service. Meanwhile...
As Government Takes on the Tornado Mixer, It May Reap a Whirlwind
9.8.2022
Tornado Cash isn’t a company, a service or a person – it’s a series of words, and likely protected by the U.S. First Amendment
Circle freezes blacklisted Tornado Cash smart contract addresses
8.8.2022
Stablecoin issuers can blacklist interactions with the Tornado Cash dApp on the Ethereum smart contract level
Tornado Cash co-founder reports being kicked off Github as industry reacts to sanctions
8.8.2022
OFAC issued a statement implying prohibited transactions with Specially Designated Nationals could include "downloading a software patch from a sanctioned entity."
US Government Bans Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash, Platform Added to OFAC’s SDN List
8.8.2022
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s watchdog the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) banned the ethereum mixing application Tornado Cash. OFAC has cited that the mixer has helped North Korean hackers such as the hacking syndicate known as Lazarus Group. OFAC Sanctions Tornado Cash...
US Secretary of State Tweets, Deletes Claim That Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Is North Korea-Sponsored
8.8.2022
U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised eyebrows Monday when he tweeted that the U.S. Treasury Department had "sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which is a U.S.-sanctioned, DPRK state-sponsored hacking group, used by the DPRK to launder money." One hour and three minutes later...
Crypto mixers' popularity booms as illicit addresses push volumes to ATH: Report
15.7.2022
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis highlighted that 10% of all funds coming from illicit addresses are sent to crypto mixers
Controversial mixer Tornado Cash open-sources UI code
7.7.2022
The privacy-focused mixer has been at the center of several DeFi exploits over the past year as users attempted to obfuscate the trail of stolen funds
Decentralized Mixer Tornado Cash Open-Sources Its User Interface
7.7.2022
Decentralized privacy protocol Tornado Cash is stepping up transparency by fully open-sourcing its user interface
Harmony hacker sends stolen funds to Tornado Cash mixer
28.6.2022
The exploiter seems to have rejected the Harmony team’s bounty offer of $1 million to return the $100 million stolen from the Horizon Bridge token bridge
US Treasury Sanctions First Crypto Mixer
8.5.2022
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued its first-ever sanctions on a crypto mixer. The mixing service was used by Lazarus Group to process illicit proceeds from the $620 million crypto heist of the online game Axie Infinity, said the Treasury...
Crypto mixer sanctioned by US Treasury for role in Axie Infinity hack
6.5.2022
The crypto mixer is said to have processed $20.5 million out of the $620 million taken by North Korean Lazarus Group hackers
SEC vs. NVIDIA, Sanctioned Bitcoin Mixer, Bluesky Code, VCs Target NFTs + More News
6.5.2022
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US Officials Add North Korea-Linked Bitcoin Mixer, More ETH Addresses to Sanctions List
6.5.2022
ETH Mixer Tornado Cash Reveals Blocking OFAC Sanctioned Ethereum Addresses via Chainalysis Oracle Contract
16.4.2022
According to the project’s official Twitter account, Tornado Cash, the ethereum mixing service that allows participants to shuffle ether, is blocking flagged ethereum addresses listed on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons...
What is a cryptocurrency mixer and how does it work?
27.3.2022
This guide will explain how cryptocurrency mixers and Bitcoin tumblers mix potentially traceable coins, making it harder to track transactions
Bitcoin & Ethereum Investment Outflows, BTC Mixer Flags Illegal Moves + More News
14.3.2022
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Nifty News: Mike Tyson loves Solana, Aoki stops show to flaunt NFT, Apple and the 'AR Verse'
14.1.2022
Apple is reportedly looking at AR over the Metaverse and Artemis has launched a mobile-based social media NFT platform
Crypto Mixing Tools Tornado.cash and Cashfusion Obscure More Than $8 Billion in Transactions
25.12.2021
While blockchain monitoring has increased a great deal during the last few years, cryptocurrency mixers have seen significant use from those who don’t want their financial transactions tracked. Meanwhile, two mixing applications, Tornado.cash and Cashfusion, have helped crypto owners make...
Darknet crypto mixer operator pleads guilty to laundering $300M in BTC
19.8.2021
The operator of the darknet-based Bitcoin mixing service Helix has pleaded guilty to laundering more than $300,000 million worth of BTC from 2014 to 2017