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US Sanctions Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash: What Will Be The Impact of This Crackdown?
In a major move, the US Treasury has sanctioned Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, after news of money laundering of more than $7 billion cost of virtual currency since its foundation in 2019. T...
US Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash
The US Treasury is sanctioning Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixing service that allows users to obscure the details of transactions. The regulator has added Tornado Cash and 44 associated Ethereum ...
US Treasury Sanctions Another Crypto Mixer
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the on-chain privacy network and Ethereum-based cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, making it the seco...
Ethereum-Based Mixer Tornado Cash Sanctioned by U.S. Government
Alex Dovbnya The action has prohibited U.S. investors from interacting with the controversial service Popular Ethereum-based coin mixing service Tornado Cash has been sanctioned by the U.S. Department...
U.S. Treasury Bans Tornado Cash Mixer For Its…
The U.S. Treasury on Monday imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash for its alleged role in helping hackers, including from North Korea, to launder proceeds from their cybercrimes. Ac...
Crypto Mixer Usage Hits All Time-High as Crypto Crimes Surge: Report
Cryptocurrency mixing platforms, also known as tumblers, have been experiencing increased usage from individuals who wish to obscure the origin of their funds, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis sa...
Mixer usage sees all-time high thanks to nation-affiliated cybercriminals
Crypto mixer usage reached an all-time high in 2022 with a significant contribution from sanctioned entities and cybercriminals with known state affiliations, according to Chainalysis‘ recent report. ...
Mixer usage reaches ATH as YTD volume doubles as compared to 2021: Chainanalysis report
The use of cryptocurrency mixers has been at the helm of crypto investigators and compliance officials. This use of mixers has reached an unfortunate all-time high recently as per the latest reports. ...
Controversial mixer Tornado Cash open-sources UI code
Cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash has fully open-sourced its user interface (UI) code — a move its developers say fulfills their mandate of complete decentralization and transparency. Tornado Cash Cl...
Decentralized Mixer Tornado Cash Makes Its User Interface Open-Source
Tornado Cash is a decentralized mixer protocol that enables private transactions on Ethereum. Mixers are smart contracts that accept, pool and mix cryptocurrency from multiple senders in order to incr...
Millions of Dollars Worth of Ethereum (ETH) Sent by Hacker to Coin Mixer Following Harmony (ONE) Attack: Report
A blockchain security firm finds that the hackers behind the Harmony (ONE) breach sent tens of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum (ETH) to a coin mixer. Harmony was hacked for approximately $100 mi...
Harmony hacker sends stolen funds to Tornado Cash mixer
The funds from Harmony’s Horizon Bridge have begun to move into the Tornado Cash Ethererum mixer, signaling that the attacker has no intention of accepting the $1 million bounty offered. The decision ...
Blake Lively Talks ‘Betty Buzz’ And Dominating The Mixer Drink Industry
Betty Buzz founder Blake Lively Betty Buzz/Blake Lively Whether she chooses to take a part in a Hollywood production or a major fashion event, Blake Lively always brings her “A” game, and that same de...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Coin Mixer Allegedly Used by North Korean Hackers To Process Over $20,000,000 in Crypto
The US government is continuing to crack down on illicit crypto activity by targeting a website that it says obfuscates transaction data. In a new press release, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sa...
Bitcoin Mixer obfuscates the data linking users to Bitcoin transfers
The advent of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is certainly one of the biggest inventions of our generation. Unlike fiat or paper-based money, Bitcoin is unregulated, decentralized, and operates wit...
US Treasury control Department Imposes New Sanctions on N.Korean Democratic People’s Crypto Mixer
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed new penalties against Blender.io, a cryptocurrency mixer used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). This...
US Treasury Imposes Sanctions on North Korean Crypto Mixer
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced fresh sanctions on a cryptocurrency mixer called Blender.io, which happens to be used by the Democratic People...
U.S. Sanctions Crypto Mixer Blender.io for Aiding Axie Infinity’s Hackers
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury has added cryptocurrency mixing platform Blender.io to its sanction list, according to a Friday statement. U...
US Treasury Sanctions First Crypto Mixer – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued its first-ever sanctions on a crypto mixer. The mixing service was used by Lazarus Group to process illicit pro...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions A Crypto Mixer For Contributing To The Axie Infinity Hack
The United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) carries out sanctions against Blender(dot)io. The crypto mixer has apparently processed around $20.5 million out of ...
U.S. Sanctions Bitcoin Mixer Blender for Helping Launder $20.5M to North Korea
The United States on Friday sanctioned cryptocurrency mixing service Blender for allegedly helping North Korean hackers launder around $20.5 million stolen from the Axie Infinity hack at the end of Ma...
Crypto mixer sanctioned by US Treasury for role in Axie Infinity hack
The United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Friday that it was sanctioning cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io for its role in laundering proceeds from the hack...
Crypto Mixer Used by North Korea Gets Sanctioned by US Government
Alex Dovbnya U.S. government has sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer for the first time The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday that it had sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer for the first time, ac...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Crypto Mixer Blender Over N.Korean Use
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said it has added Blender, a virtual currency mixer, to the sanction list alleging its use by North Korea for cybercrime and money laundering. The U.S. has alleg...
A First For Crypto, U.S. Treasury Sanctions Mixer Blender IO
Flagged as a “significant threat” to the United States national security, Bitcoin mixer Blender.io has become the first crypto entity to be sanctioned by the Treasury Department. According to a press ...
Treasury Sanctions Crypto Mixer Over North Korean Attacks
Key Takeaways The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned the cryptocurrency mixer Blender. The Treasury said that North Korean hackers used Blender to launder $550...
Ethereum-Based Coin Mixer Tornado Cash Blocks Sanctioned ETH Addresses, Founder Says There Are Limits to Privacy
Widely used coin mixing service Tornado Cash says it will block ETH addresses linked to North Korean hackers and other sanctioned addresses. According to Tornado Cash, ETH addresses sanctioned by the ...
ETH Mixer Tornado Cash Reveals Blocking OFAC Sanctioned Ethereum Addresses via Chainalysis Oracle Contract – Coinotizia
According to the project’s official Twitter account, Tornado Cash, the ethereum mixing service that allows participants to shuffle ether, is blocking flagged ethereum addresses listed on the Office of...
Tornado Cash Mixer Starts Blacklisting Crypto Addresses
Vladislav Sopov For the first time in its history, Tornado Cash, the most popular crypto mixing service, starts censoring sanctioned addresses Contents Tornado Cash now censors sanctioned addresses, h...