Tornado Cash token price surge by 1000% following a major legal victory. A U.S. appeals court overturned sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department, ruling that Tornado Cash’s smart contracts lines of code designed to enhance privacy—cannot be classified as property under U.S. law and, therefore, cannot be sanctioned. Tornado
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) overstepped its authority in sanctioning immutable smart contracts of Tornado Cash. The court found these contracts, as self-executing open-source software, cannot be classified as property under the International Emergency Economic Powers
Developers of privacy-preserving technology are understandably concerned by the decision to keep Alexey Pertsev in pre-trial detention. While he awaits trial, Pertsev, developer of the Tornado Cash protocol for mixing cryptocurrencies, will stay in custody. Pertsev voiced his displeasure with the court’s decision to prolong his detention in a post
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm will stand trial after a U.S. federal judge denied his motion to dismiss the case. On September 26, 2024, Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that Storm’s involvement in Tornado Cash extended beyond merely developing software. The platform reportedly laundered over $1 billion, with funds linked
The cryptocurrency community is still reeling from the shock of the Indian crypto exchange WazirX hack that happened on July 18, 2024. With a staggering loss of around $230 million, this incident has become the largest cryptocurrency hack of the year. As the company works towards recovery, WazirX hackers have
The cryptocurrency sector has witnessed an increasing number of scams in the past few months. The recent WazirX hack caught market attention over the loss of its $230 million funds. Amid such various reports, the China-based OKX exchange announced a new measure to prevent hacker activity. Notably, OKX exchange’s CEO
The MetaDragon, a decentralized NFT game platform, has been a victim of a hack resulting in the theft of 321.5 $BNB worth $192K. According to Peckshield, a blockchain security firm, the stolen assets have been transferred to TornadoCash, a privacy-focused mixer. #PeckShieldAlert @MetaDragonDao exploiter -labeled address has already sent 321.5
A Dutch court has sentenced Tornado Cash’s developer, Alexey Pertsev, to 64 months in jail. This decision stems from his role in $1.2 billion worth of money laundering. On May 14, the s-Hertogenbosch court handed down the ruling. The verdict against Tornado Cash’s developer represents a watershed point in the
One of the co-founders of Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing service, Roman Storm, has moved to have the allegations against him dropped. After his arrest and subsequent charges stemming from his role in launching the platform, Storm has offered many legal defenses in an effort to dispel the allegations. Moreover,
Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev have garnered over $350,000 in legal fees and public support from former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. U.S. authorities have charged Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of Tornado Cash with violating sanctions and laundering money. The $600 million Ronin Network assault and North
