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A U.S. appeals court ruled that the Treasury exceeded its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts, declaring them outside the scope of federal property laws. On Nov. 26, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a prior ruling…
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District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled in favor of a trial against Tornado Cash and Roman Storm, causing an outcry from the crypto community. Judge Failla denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, asserting that the possible uses of code were…
The WazirX exploiter continues to move thousands of the stolen assets across new wallets, with part of the latest batch laundered through crypto mixer Tornado Cash. Blockchain security platform Cyvers recently indexed the transfer of exactly 5,001 Ethereum (ETH) from…
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OKX chief operating officer Star Xu warned account holders against Tornado Cash (TORN), saying any interaction with the platform would result in a ban. In a statement posted on X, the CEO announced that any users who have been previously…
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The attacker behind the Unizen hack has moved over $2 million of stolen assets to Tornado cash more than four months after the attack. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, the attacker laundered a total of 865.4 ETH (ETH), approximately…
Judge Katherine Polk Failla postponed the trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. What is happening in this controversial case, and is the crypto mixer responsible for its users? Due to the case’s complexity, the co-founder of the notorious…
We examine the dual-edged sword of privacy in crypto, looking into how anonymity tools like mixers and privacy coins have impacted mass adoption amidst rising financial crimes. On Jan. 3, 2009, the public got the chance to experience what anonymity…
Blockchain security firm CertiK confirmed it was behind a bug exploit that resulted in an unauthorized withdrawal of $3 million worth of tokens from Kraken. New York-headquartered blockchain security firm CertiK has admitted to being behind a bug exploit that…
Decentralized lending protocol UwU Lend has unveiled a $5 million bounty to “identify and locate” the exploiter. Developers of UwU Lend are promising to pay up to $5 million “to the first person to identify and locate” a hacker, who…
Tornado Cash (TORN) price and defi total value locked (TVL) surged while the broader crypto market has been consolidating in bearish condition.
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Vitalik Buterin has continued to portray his support for Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm, who have been accused of money laundering. On May 8, the Ethereum co-founder donated 30 ETH, valued at approximately $113,000, to the Juicebox…
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Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has reportedly appealed a guilty verdict in the Netherlands as the case sparked a crypto privacy discourse.
A hacker behind Poloniex, despite being allegedly identified, successfully laundered more than half of stolen funds via Tornado Cash. A hacker, who attacked Poloniex in late 2023 and was later allegedly identified, laundered over $66 million out of $100 million…
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Instead of scapegoating developers like Perstev and Swartz, we as a community should focus on addressing the root causes of criminal activity and promoting responsible use of technology.
Alexey Pertsev has been sentenced to 64 months in prison over his involvement in developing the Ethereum privacy tool Tornado Cash.Â
The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange hacker transferred 100 ETH to the Tornado Cash mixer.
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