Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers Push for Encrypted Mempool, Default Privacy
Ethereum developers have begun kicking around a series of ideas that could make the Ethereum network private at its core.
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3 Russians Face Money Laundering Charges Over Mixing Services: DOJ
Russian nationals have been charged with crimes for allegedly running the crypto mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io used by North Korean hackers.
Vitalik Buterin Donated $1M in Ether to Coin Center Hours After Tornado Cash Victory
Vitalik Buterin donated 30 ETH, worth just over $1 million, to Coin Center on Tuesday night.
The donation came hours after a Coinbase-backed suit challenging U.S. sanctions against Tornado Cash won an appeals court victory.
Coin Center is pursuing its own lawsuit against the Treasury Department’s sanctions in a different appeals court.
Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned by U.S. Appeals Court; TORN Soars Over 500%
A U.S. federal appeals court has delivered a major legal victory to the crypto sector by throwing out the U.S. Treasury Department’s earlier effort to directly sanction crypto mixing service Tornado Cash.
The court found that the government didn’t have the proper tools to include the actual technology underpinning the service as a sanctioned entity.
Tornado Cash’s native token, TORN, rocketed up by over 500% in the hours following the ruling.
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Trial Delayed Until April
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s upcoming criminal trial has been pushed to April instead of a previously scheduled December start date, a New York judge ruled Friday.
Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm’s Criminal Case Will Proceed to Trial, NY Judge Orders
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm will proceed to trial, a New York judge ruled during a telephonic hearing on Thursday.
WazirX Hacker Moves $11M Stolen Ether to Tornado Cash
The hacker, widely suspected to be an entity from North Korea, moved $6 million in stolen funds for the first time last week.
Wallet Linked to Nomad Bridge Hack Transfers $36M of Ether to Tornado Cash
A wallet linked to the $200 million hack of the Nomad bridge in 2022 transferred 14,500 ETH to sanctioned coin-mixing service Tornado Cash, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.
Did Sanctioning Tornado Cash Work?
Sanctions are an effort to throw the weight of the U.S. dollar around to tamp down on activities the U.S. government thinks may be harmful – like money laundering to fund terror groups or rogue nations. The New York Federal Reserve thinks they had a real effect in crypto.
Ethereum Entities Largely Complied With Tornado Cash Sanctions, NY Fed Paper Says
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a report Wednesday morning assessing the effect sanctions had on Tornado Cash.