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Did Sanctioning Tornado Cash Work?

[Aug 8 4:31 AM] Sanctions are an effort to throw the weight of the U.S. dollar around to tamp down on activities the U.S. government thinks may be harmful – like money laundering to fund terror groups or rogue nations. The New York Federal Reserve thinks they had…

In Conversation With Brian Nelson

[Jun 11 10:30 PM] Last October, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – the U.S. Treasury Department's money laundering watchdog – announced a proposal to label crypto mixers as a "primary money laundering" concern, a move that alarmed a broad swath of…

Bloxroute to Reject Blocks With OFAC Flagged Transactions

[Dec 22, 2023 4:00 PM] Bloxroute, a company that provides relaying services, has declared that it will start rejecting block bids with transactions from wallets part of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List…

Binance's Busy Day, Kraken's Second SEC Fight

[Nov 21, 2023 7:30 PM] Binance is paying one of the largest fines in corporate history to the U.S. Department of Justice, while its founder and CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, stepped down from his role running the platform as part of a settlement with multiple federal…