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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Weekend Story: Tornado Cash Ban Will Aid China’s AI Goals
On today’s show, Michael J. Casey, CoinDesk's chief content officer, takes a look at the unintended consequences of cracking down on crypto privacy.
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Sep 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub
The move by GitHub comes as Ethereum developers have called for platforms that host the mixer service to not ban Tornado Cash code.
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Sep 22, 2022 at 8:34 p.m. UTC
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US Treasury Wants Public to Comment on Crypto’s Role in Illicit Finance
The Treasury Department listed a number of questions, asking the general public to weigh in on how it’s approaching cryptocurrencies and their possible role in illegal activities.
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Sep 19, 2022 at 3:37 p.m. UTC
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Tornado Cash Ban Will Aid China’s AI Goals
The U.S. government forcing blockchains to make transaction data public has dangerous geopolitical implications in the tech race against China.
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Sep 16, 2022 at 3:50 p.m. UTC
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OFAC Backtracks but Tornado Cash Sanctions Already Set a Terrifying Precedent
A government, an exchange and a developer: The tragic tale of a strategy to cut off a smart contract.
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Sep 15, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. UTC
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Unsatisfying Clarifications on the Tornado Cash Sanctions
Even those who were “dusted” will need to file reports to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Sep 14, 2022 at 9:50 p.m. UTC
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Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 14, 2022
With bitcoin stabilizing quickly Wednesday after its steepest price drop since mid-August, plus a look at a notable stance the crypto exchange Coinbase is taking, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
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Sep 14, 2022 at 3:09 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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