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Tornado Cash 2.0: The race to build safe and legal coin mixers
6.6.2023
Projects are racing to create legal coin mixers that preserve privacy while revealing just enough data to stay on the right side of the law
Today in Crypto: JPMorgan Partners with 6 Indian Banks on Blockchain-Based Interbank Transactions, APPG Makes 53 Crypto Recommendations to the UK Government, Charles Hoskinson Warns About the Rise in AI-generated Frauds
5.6.2023
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Crypto lobbyists still fighting to axe 'unlawful' Tornado Cash sanctions
5.6.2023
The crypto industry advocacy group has placed its support behind Coin Center and its lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury over its Tornado Cash sanctions
Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief To Support Coin Center’s Lawsuit Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
2.6.2023
Washington DC-based Blockchain Association filed an amicus brief in support of crypto think tank Coin Center’s lawsuit against the US Treasury Department over its sanctions against Tornado Cash.
Treasury sanctioned the crypto mixer in August, claiming that it laundered more than $7 billion worth...
Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Coin Center Lawsuit Against U.S. Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
2.6.2023
In a statement, the trade group’s CEO Kristin Smith, said that regulatory actions should only target bad actors
Hacker Robs Tornado Cash, Launders Loot Through the Same Service
30.5.2023
The hacker who hijacked currency mixer Tornado Cash has returned control of the protocol to the team.
Ironically, the criminal used the same service to launder funds stolen in the attack.
Tornado Cash has been an escape route for cybercriminals and North Korean hackers who launder proceeds...
Binance Resumes TORN Deposits, Moves Tornado Cash into Innovation Zone as New Proposal is Passed – Here's the Latest
30.5.2023
Major crypto exchange Binance reopened TORN deposits following the attack on the privacy-focused crypto mixer Tornado Cash DAO.
The exchange announced on Monday that it has resumed deposits for TORN via the Ethereum (ETH) network and Binance's own BNB Smart Chain.
TORN deposits on these...
Tornado Cash governance control set to be restored as token votes approve proposal
28.5.2023
A total of 517,000 token votes were in favor of the proposal, with none opposing it
Lawyers Challenging U.S. Tornado Cash Sanctions Say Free Speech Is at Stake
25.5.2023
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
25.5.2023
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
Coinbase-backed motion makes 4 key arguments to lift Tornado Cash sanctions
25.5.2023
According to the filing, the Treasury lacks the authority to prohibit Tornado Cash and transactions associated with it
Crypto Hacks Plunge 70% in Q1 2023, Victims Recover Over Half of Stolen Funds, but Experts Warn of Temporary Relief
25.5.2023
On May 22, 2023, a report released by the blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs delved into nearly 40 hacks and assaults on cryptocurrency projects within the first quarter, discovering a 70% decline in incidents over the previous three months. The study says the slowdown is probably temporary, with...
Tornado Cash Dev Facing Dutch Charges to Question Chainalysis Data Alleging Criminal Links
24.5.2023
Lawyers for the privacy protocol developer have disputed the evidence purporting to prove links to criminal money
XRP Price Prediction as Ripple CEO Announces Plan to Utilize $1 Billion Cash Reserves for Company Expansion
23.5.2023
XRP, the cryptocurrency issued by US fintech firm Ripple, could see massive price gains if CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s plan to spend $1 billion on acquisitions proves successful.
The plan to spend up to a billion dollars from the company’s cash reserves was announced by Garlinghouse in an on-stage...
TORN Price gets Lift After Tornado Cash Attacker Proposes to Reverse Governance Attack
22.5.2023
The price of crypto mixer Tornado Cash’s governance token TORN saw a strong recovery after the hackers behind a recent attack on the protocol appeared to offer to reverse the attack.
According to a post published in Tornado Cash’s governance forum by a user named Tornadosaurus-Hex, the attacker...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Remains Below $27,000 Ahead of Pivotal Week in US Debt Ceiling Talks
22.5.2023
Bitcoin continued to consolidate on Monday, ahead of U.S. debt ceiling talks with President Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It is expected that if a deal isn’t reached this week, the government will run out of cash on June 1. Ethereum was marginally higher. Bitcoin Bitcoin...
The US Treasury is running out of cash — trouble ahead for Bitcoin?
22.5.2023
Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman explains how and why the U.S. Treasury is quickly running out of cash, and what that means for Bitcoin and the crypto market
Tornado Cash governance under severe threat
22.5.2023
An attacker recently managed to gain full control over the Tornado Cash DAO governance through a malicious proposal passed by the decentralized crypto tumbler. The DAO’s future plans, funds, and handling operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, were taken over...
Tornado Cash attacker to potentially giveback governance control, proposal reveals
22.5.2023
A few hours into the hack, to everyone’s surprise, the attacker surprisingly reached out to the Tornado Cash community with a new proposal, hinting at their intent to give back the governance control
Tornado Cash’s TORN Token Up 10% as Attacker Submits Proposal to Undo Attack
22.5.2023
The proposal would revert Tornado Cash’s governance back to token holders, but not everyone in the community agrees that it's a benevolent plan