Sanctions


Політика

Tornado Cash Sanctions Are Spiraling Into Compliance Nightmares

The crypto mixer’s sanctions issue raises many questions.

No one knows exactly what the fallout from the Tornado Cash sanctions will look like. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Політика

Tornado Cash US Ban Is ‘Bad Precedent,’ but Monero Was ‘Made for This’: Cake Wallet Exec

Justin Ehrenhofer, vice president of operations at Cake Wallet, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss the implications of government regulation when it comes to privacy coins.

"It's a bad precedent," Justin Ehrenhofer, vice president of operations at Cake Wallet, said regarding the recent sanctions of Tornado Cash, on CoinDesk TV's "First Mover."

Думки

Stop Attacking DeFi Founders for Complying With the Tornado Cash Sanction

Crypto projects are being criticized for censoring use of their websites.

(Andrew Seaman/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Політика

Issues Crypto Should Watch For in the Tornado Cash Sanctions

OFAC sanctioning Tornado Cash presents fascinating new questions about crypto’s role in nuclear weapons proliferation.

U.S. Treasury Department (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Фінанси

Tornado Cash's Discord Appears to go Dark

The crypto mixer's website seems to be offline for some users as well.

(Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)

Фінанси

Rune Christensen Details How MakerDAO Is Navigating Tornado Cash Sanctions

The DAO founder sees a new era ahead for DeFi, and it isn't pretty, he told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” program

“We don't really know if we can really rely on working closely with governments in the long run, which has so far really been the strategy of major DeFi projects like Maker,” Rune Christensen said on CoinDesk TV's "First Mover" show. 
(Thomas Lipke via Unsplash)

Фінанси

Crypto Exchange dYdX Blocked Accounts That Received Even Small Amounts From Tornado Cash

Many users were locked out even though they had no idea they had received funds from the crypto mixer.

Crypto exchange dYdX blocked accounts with a Tornado Cash association. (Thom Milkovic/Unsplash)

Політика

Someone Is Trolling Celebs by Sending ETH From Tornado Cash

An anonymous crypto user transferred small amounts of ether from a sanctioned address to stars and prominent crypto figures on Tuesday.

El comediante Jimmy Fallon (derecha) recibió una pequeña cantidad de ether de Tornado Cash. (Noam Galai/GC Images/Getty Images)

Фінанси

Iran Places First Crypto-Funded Import Order, Worth $10M: Report

The government amended the country's digital assets laws two years ago to allow locally mined crypto for imports payments.

Iran has started paying for imports using crypto. (Rainer Puster/Getty)