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Three Russians Face Money Laundering Charges Over Mixing Services: DOJ
10.1.2025
Russian nationals have been charged with crimes for allegedly running the crypto mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io used by North Korean hackers
Tornado of Administrative Overreach: Challenging Sanctions of Crypto Mixing Services
25.11.2024
Cryptocurrency transactions are often anonymous, but they’re not private. In fact, they’re quite public. Anyone with the right technical know-how can see every transaction ever made on most publicly accessible blockchains.This radical transparency and traceability has made it easier (contrary...
North Korea used Tornado Cash to siphon HTX’s $147.5M loot: UN
15.5.2024
A UN report reveals North Korean hackers laundered $150 million in stolen crypto assets through Tornado Cash in March 2024
Swan Bitcoin to terminate customer accounts that use crypto-mixing services
14.11.2023
Swan co-founder Yan Pritzker said the firm is pro-privacy and doesn’t oppose customers’ use of such services, but to work, it has to follow FinCEN regulations
Crypto Regulation News Weekly Digest: SafeMoon Executive Charges and FinCEN’s Mixing Service Proposal
7.11.2023
Last week saw major regulatory actions against crypto mixing services and alleged fraud along with pushback from lawmakers. Image by Andrii, Adobe Stock. The cryptocurrency industry increasingly finds itself under the purview of regulators striving to balance innovation with consumer protection...
FinCEN Targets Crypto Mixers Over Laundering and National Security Concerns
20.10.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, this week proposed regulations aimed at increasing transparency around crypto mixing services. These services, the agency says, are used by terrorist organizations and state actors to obscure financial...