Tornado Cash
Tornado Cash Devs Charged With Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations
Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were charged with violating sanctions and helping exploiters launder more than $1 billion, including "hundreds of millions" for North Korea's Lazarus Group, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office of Southern District of New York. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De discusses what the legal developments could mean for the future of crypto privacy mixers.
Tornado Cash Devs Charged With Helping Hackers Launder $1B, Including Infamous North Korean Attacks
Both Roman Semenov and Roman Storm were charged; Storm was arrested.
Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge Says
We have yet another court ruling finding a decentralized autonomous organization is an association.
Coinbase-Backed Group Loses Lawsuit Arguing Tornado Cash Sanctions Overstepped U.S. Treasury's Authority
A group of crypto investors and developers lost a lawsuit funded by Coinbase that sought to argue the U.S. Treasury Department overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash, a mixing service designed to make crypto transactions anonymous. "The Hash" panel weighs in on the latest developments for Tornado Cash.
Coinbase-Backed Group Loses Lawsuit Arguing Tornado Cash Sanctions Overstepped U.S. Treasury's Authority
The group of developers and investors sued the Treasury Department last year.
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.
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.
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.
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. CoinDesk Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De discusses what to expect from Pertsev's case and his upcoming trial. Chainalysis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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.
