SpankChain founder teases Tornado Cash ‘sequel’

Ameen Soleimani, the co-founder of SpankChain and Reflex Labs, has teased a revival of sorts for the controversial Ethereum transaction mixer, Tornado Cash. Soleimani’s tweet indicated the...

Sinbad crypto mixing service may be Blender in disguise: Elliptic

A shuttered crypto transaction mixer once sanctioned by U.S. regulators may have returned under a new name, according to an analysis by crypto firm Elliptic. Elliptic said that on-chain data sho...

Blockchain.com’s Chief Compliance Officer joins crypto exchange Kraken

Crypto exchange giant Kraken has hired C.J. Rinaldi as its chief compliance officer.  Rinaldi joins Kraken after working at the crypto services firm Blockchain.com as its chief compliance office...

US authorities request information from hedge funds about Binance: WaPo

U.S. authorities are requesting information from investment firms on cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to a report from the Washington Post.   As per the report, the U.S. attorney’s office fo...

New Treasury sanctions link Tornado Cash to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program

Despite industry pushback, the U.S. Treasury is not giving an inch in the fight over its sanctions on Tornado Cash.  The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control has in fact added a desi...