Sanctions


Policy

Someone Is Trolling Celebs by Sending ETH From Tornado Cash

An anonymous crypto user transferred small amounts of ether from a sanctioned address to stars and prominent crypto figures on Tuesday.

El comediante Jimmy Fallon (derecha) recibió una pequeña cantidad de ether de Tornado Cash. (Noam Galai/GC Images/Getty Images)

Finance

Iran Places First Crypto-Funded Import Order, Worth $10M: Report

The government amended the country's digital assets laws two years ago to allow locally mined crypto for imports payments.

Iran has started paying for imports using crypto. (Rainer Puster/Getty)

Policy

US Secretary of State Tweets, Deletes Claim That Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Is North Korea-Sponsored

One hour and three minutes later, Anthony Blinken tweeted what the Treasury Department actually alleges: Tornado Cash was only used by a DPRK-sponsored group.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Policy

US Government Amps Up Inevitable Clash With Crypto Privacy in Tornado Cash Blacklisting

The Treasury Department says Tornado Cash abetted laundering of $7 billion, but that’s not likely to quiet crypto enthusiasts as they fight to stay anonymous.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

Policy

Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Blacklisted by US Treasury

The department barred its use by U.S. persons as a matter of national security because North Korean hackers allegedly use the mixer to launder stolen crypto funds.

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Layer 2

Binance Investigations Officer: AML Cost Exchange ‘Billions in Revenue’

While venting to CoinDesk about unflattering Reuters coverage, the crypto exchange’s investigations team shared insights about the scale of illicit activity at Binance and its crime-fighting methods.

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Policy

Kraken Under Investigation for Alleged Sanctions Violations: Report

The NY Times reported that Kraken allegedly allowed Iranian users onto the platform.

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)

Policy

Vladimir Putin Signs Law Banning Digital-Asset Payments in Russia

He has signed a bill that adds to a previous prohibition against cryptocurrency payments in the country.

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)

Opinyon

Decentralization's Failed Promise in Iran

While exchanges are abiding by fiat’s monetary rules in countries like Iran, it is dishonest to call bitcoin decentralized money, says a journalist based in that country.

Shiraz, Iran (Foroozan Faraji/Unsplash)