US Sanctions 3 Individuals, Dozens of Bitcoin, Ether and Bitcoin Cash Addresses on Opioid Allegations
Sanctioned individuals allegedly sold drugs to U.S. markets through online markets.
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Nov 9, 2022 at 4:09 p.m. UTC
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Vitalik Buterin’s New Ethereum Road Map Takes Aim at MEV and Censorship
Amid a number of new changes, Buterin’s new vision for Ethereum adds a section aimed at curtailing the threats of centralization.
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Nov 9, 2022 at 12:15 p.m. UTC
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US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash Sanctions With North Korea WMD Allegations
OFAC first added Tornado Cash to its sanctions list in August.
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Nov 8, 2022 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Think Tank Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
Coin Center is backing a second lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department, alleging its sanctioning of Tornado Cash overstepped legal bounds.
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Oct 12, 2022 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Exchange Bittrex to Pay $30M in US Treasury Sanctions Settlement
Crypto exchange Bittrex will pay the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions and money laundering watchdogs $30 million to settle allegations it maintained a poor compliance program between 2014 and 2017.
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Oct 11, 2022 at 2:57 p.m. UTC
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How to Stop Illegal Activity on Tornado Cash (Without Using Sanctions)
Rather than sanctioning code, U.S. authorities should have targeted the human intermediaries.
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Sep 29, 2022 at 7:04 p.m. UTC
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The Problem Tornado Cash Raises About Base Layer Censorship on Ethereum
Requiring validators and others to censor blocks would be an unwarranted expansion of sanctions law.
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Sep 28, 2022 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Update: OFAC Backtracks, but Tornado Cash Sanctions Already Set a Terrifying Precedent
With bitcoin sliding on Friday after gaining 5.1% on Thursday, but overall, remaining resilient under tough market conditions, plus a look at the implications of OFACs overreach, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with its latest news roundup.
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Sep 23, 2022 at 4:09 p.m. UTC
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US Treasury Blacklists Several More Bitcoin Addresses Allegedly Tied to Iran Ransomware Attacks
The sanctions watchdog agency added several bitcoin addresses allegedly used in ransomware attacks to its blacklist.
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Sep 14, 2022 at 3:08 p.m. UTC
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US Treasury Explains How Americans Can Recover Crypto Locked in Tornado Cash
The Treasury's sanctions watchdog added Tornado Cash to its blacklist last month.
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Sep 13, 2022 at 3:58 p.m. UTC
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