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Tornado Cash

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)
Policy
Regulations
Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden
Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov face allegations of money laundering.
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)
By Amitoj Singh
Jan 24, 2024 at 6:40 a.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2024
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What's Next for Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm?
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Cdtv
What's Next for Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm?
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm pleaded not guilty back in September to charges of conspiring to operate a money transmitter or facilitate money laundering and sanctions e...
What's Next for Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm?
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 20, 2023 at 5:01 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2023
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Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Go to Trial in 2024
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Cdtv
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Go to Trial in 2024
CoinDesk managing editor for global policy and regulation Nikhilesh De shares an update on legal developments for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, after he pleaded not guil...
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Will Go to Trial in 2024
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 20, 2023 at 4:33 p.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2023
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The U.S. Treasury Department is proposing to tag crypto mixers as a money-laundering concern. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Policy
Regulations
U.S. Treasury Seeks to Name Crypto Mixers as 'Money Laundering Concern'
Under pressure to address reports that Hamas and other terrorist groups are partially funded with crypto, Treasury's FinCEN proposed a rule to categorize mixers as a threat.
The U.S. Treasury Department is proposing to tag crypto mixers as a money-laundering concern. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Jesse Hamilton
Oct 19, 2023 at 6:17 p.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2023
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Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Plunged After U.S. Sanctions: TRM Labs
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Cdtv
Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Plunged After U.S. Sanctions: TRM Labs
Overall usage of crypto mixer Tornado Cash dropped 90% following U.S. sanctions, a new report from blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs shows. The U.S. Department of Justice has...
Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Plunged After U.S. Sanctions: TRM Labs
By CoinDesk Staff
Oct 12, 2023 at 3:32 p.m. UTC
Oct 12, 2023
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Could This Vitalik-Backed Protocol Bring Privacy to a Regulated Crypto World?
Unchained
Ethereum
Could This Vitalik-Backed Protocol Bring Privacy to a Regulated Crypto World?
A new paper from Ethereum’s co-founder and four co-authors including Illum proposes a solution to Tornado Cash’s inability to separate the activity of bad actors from good one...
Could This Vitalik-Backed Protocol Bring Privacy to a Regulated Crypto World?
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 14, 2023 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
Sep 14, 2023
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Laura-shin
Could This Vitalik-Backed Protocol Bring Privacy to a Regulated Crypto World?
A new paper from Ethereum’s co-founder and four co-authors including Illum proposes a solution to Tornado Cash’s inability to separate the activity of bad actors from good one...
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By Laura Shin
Sep 8, 2023 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
Sep 8, 2023
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Vitalik Buterin spoke to reporters during an exclusive event at ETHSeoul. (CoinDesk)
Technology
Ethereum
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Argues for Blockchain 'Privacy Pools' to Weed Out Criminals
The paper argues for “privacy pools,” a tech feature that would enhance the privacy of user’s transactions while also separating criminal activity from innocent funds in diffe...
Vitalik Buterin spoke to reporters during an exclusive event at ETHSeoul. (CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 6, 2023 at 4:26 p.m. UTC
Sep 6, 2023
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(Clay Banks/Unsplash)
Policy
Regulations
Tornado Cash Indictments May Prove to Be Just a Localized Storm After All
Fears of the case being the start of a new assault on the industry may be overblown.
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By Nikhilesh De
Aug 30, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2023
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The U.S. government has cabined privacy tech well before taking aim at the Tornado Cash privacy mixer. (Marco Bianchetti/Unsplash)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
When Did Privacy Become a Bad Word?
In the aftermath of the Tornado Cash arrests, the DeFi Education Fund's Amanda Tuminelli and Miller Whitehouse-Levine write about the clash between liberty and security highte...
The U.S. government has cabined privacy tech well before taking aim at the Tornado Cash privacy mixer. (Marco Bianchetti/Unsplash)
By Amanda TuminelliMiller Whitehouse-Levine
Aug 25, 2023 at 8:18 p.m. UTC
Aug 25, 2023
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