A US appeals court ruled that Tornado Cash’s smart contracts aren’t property, invalidating Treasury sanctions. The decision supports decentralization but sparks debate on regulating blockchain tied to ...

Tornado Cash users scored a major victory in a United States appeals court after a three-judge panel found the Treasury’s sanctions against the crypto mixer’s immutable smart contracts were ...

Vitalik Buterin Donated $1M in Ether to Coin Center Hours After Tornado Cash Victory The Ethereum co-founder previously donated 30 ETH to the legal defense fund for Tornado Cash developers Alexey ...

Tornado Cash was sanctioned in August 2022 amid alleged use among threat actors, including Lazarus Group The crypto mixing service's co-founders have been charged by the DOJ with sanctions ...

U.S. sanctions against Tornado Cash, a service that anonymizes crypto transactions, must be abandoned, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision answers a controversial privacy debate on ...

Tornado Cash’s Roman Semenov, Roman Storm also faced legal challenges The platform was blacklisted in the US back in 2022 Tornado Cash was said to have laundered over $7 billion in illegal funds ...

They sided with the crypto industry’s argument that Tornado Cash’s software wasn't owned by a foreign national or entity, and thus not an appropriate target for sanctions. Tornado Cash runs ...

On Nov. 26, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that OFAC “exceeded its statutory authority” when it sanctioned some of Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts in 2022.

U.S. <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916" target="_blank">sanctions</a> against Tornado Cash, a service that anonymizes crypto transactions ...

Fifth Circuit Court ruled that immutable smart contracts can’t be sanctioned as property, favoring Tornado Cash TORN token surged over 380% following the ruling, reaching nearly $35 before settling at ...