Tornado Cash

Tornado Cash can be sanctioned since it’s an entity defined as “a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization,” the Treasury said.

The TempleDAO exploiter transferred stolen funds to the privacy protocol’s smart contract, according to Etherscan data

The Treasury exceeded its regulatory authority as Tornado Cash is a “privacy tool beyond the control of anyone,” Coin Center said

The ‘endgame’ is the DeFi founder’s final attempt to create a self-governing DAO

Leveling sanctions on anonymity-enhancing technology can deter criminals, Elizabeth Rosenberg said

“The reality of the situation is that the status quo of maker is untenable,” the DAO’s co-founder said

OFAC also addressed “dust attacks,” or instances where a very small amount of cryptocurrency that touched Tornado Cash results in blocked wallets or accounts, in Tuesday’s clarifications

Sanctioning Tornado Cash has only increased mixing activity on other platforms, industry members said

Sanctions on open source technology may have “a chilling effect on innovation,” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said

Lawyer lays out Coin Center’s legal argument against OFAC’s move to sanction the decentralized privacy tool

Stablecoin issuer calls the move by USDC to blacklist Tornado Cash smart contracts “premature”

Rep. Tom Emmer has urged Janet Yellen’s Treasury office to expand on its Tornado Cash sanctions, saying “expectation of privacy is normal”

More than 50 people gathered in Amsterdam’s historic Dam Square this weekend in protest of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev’s arrest

US sanctions on Tornado Cash smart contracts have created new regulatory challenges for crypto mixers and privacy coins

The exchange reportedly described using privacy tool Aztec as a high-risk activity

The Russian citizen was extradited from the Netherlands to face charges of laundering proceeds from crimes paid in crypto

MakerDAO struggles to make decisions regarding its stablecoin DAI

Tron founder Justin Sun was blocked by the front-end web app of DeFi protocol Aave over the weekend after a Tornado Cash ‘dust attack.’

OFAC’s decision suggests that all protocols are subject to the same compliance obligations

Tornado Cash’s native token TORN lost 96.9% of its value since its all-time high in February 2021, and at least one developer is now in legal jeopardy

Dutch authorities have arrested a suspected Tornado Cash developer and warned it wouldn’t rule out further arrests

The Office of Foreign Asset Control sanctioned Tornado Cash and 45 related Ethereum wallet addresses Monday, prompting exchanges and issuers to begrudgingly comply with laws

The US blacklisted dozens of Ethereum addresses when it sanctioned Tornado Cash. Can a major DeFi protocol like MakerDAO get caught in the dragnet?

The Treasury Department alleges North Korea-backed hacking organization Lazarus Group used Tornado Cash to launder more than $455 million in stolen crypto

In its first on-chain DeFi protocol sanction, the US Treasury Department added Tornado Cash to its blocked list