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Ethereum’s Second-Layer Projects Duke It Out for Dominance
Ethereum's layer 2 scaling platforms are taking center stage in the network's newest chapter, and it is unclear whether first movers hold the greatest advantage.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 12, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. UTC
Oct 12, 2022
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Transit Finance Hacker Returns $2.74M to Victims, Sends $686K to Tornado Cash
Transit Finance hacker has sent $686,000 worth of BNB tokens to the sanctioned Tornado Cash protocol.
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By Oliver Knight
Oct 10, 2022 at 11:46 a.m. UTC
Oct 10, 2022
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Tornado Cash Debate: What Does This Mean for Crypto Regulation?
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Tornado Cash Debate: What Does This Mean for Crypto Regulation?
In the wake of the Tornado Cash sanctions, Forkast Editor in Chief Angie Lau sat down with industry experts to talk about the implications for crypto privacy and regulation in...
Tornado Cash Debate: What Does This Mean for Crypto Regulation?
By CoinDesk Staff
Oct 5, 2022 at 3:33 p.m. UTC
Oct 5, 2022
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What’s Going On With Ethereum’s MEV-Boost?
Flashbots' block relayers continue to dominate the Ethereum validator ecosystem. And with them, censorship continues to grow.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Oct 5, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Oct 5, 2022
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How to Stop Illegal Activity on Tornado Cash (Without Using Sanctions)
Rather than sanctioning code, U.S. authorities should have targeted the human intermediaries.
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By JP Koning
Sep 29, 2022 at 7:04 p.m. UTC
Sep 29, 2022
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The Problem Tornado Cash Raises About Base Layer Censorship on Ethereum
Requiring validators and others to censor blocks would be an unwarranted expansion of sanctions law.
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By Amy Aixi ZhangRodrigo Seira
Sep 28, 2022 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
Sep 28, 2022
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Weekend Story: Tornado Cash Ban Will Aid China’s AI Goals
On today’s show, Michael J. Casey, CoinDesk's chief content officer, takes a look at the unintended consequences of cracking down on crypto privacy.
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By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust
Sep 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 25, 2022
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Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub
The move by GitHub comes as Ethereum developers have called for platforms that host the mixer service to not ban Tornado Cash code.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 22, 2022 at 8:34 p.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2022
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US Treasury Wants Public to Comment on Crypto’s Role in Illicit Finance
The Treasury Department listed a number of questions, asking the general public to weigh in on how it’s approaching cryptocurrencies and their possible role in illegal activit...
The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the role of cryptocurrencies in illicit finance, and its own response to this issue. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
By Nikhilesh De
Sep 19, 2022 at 3:37 p.m. UTC
Sep 19, 2022
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Tornado Cash Ban Will Aid China’s AI Goals
The U.S. government forcing blockchains to make transaction data public has dangerous geopolitical implications in the tech race against China.
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By Michael J. Casey
Sep 16, 2022 at 3:50 p.m. UTC
Sep 16, 2022
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