Mixers


Policy

U.S. Treasury Seeks to Name Crypto Mixers as 'Money Laundering Concern'

Under pressure to address reports that Hamas and other terrorist groups are partially funded with crypto, Treasury's FinCEN proposed a rule to categorize mixers as a threat.

Edificio del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, en Washington D. C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase-Backed Group Loses Lawsuit Arguing Tornado Cash Sanctions Overstepped U.S. Treasury's Authority

The group of developers and investors sued the Treasury Department last year.

Preston Van Loon, Prysmatic Labs at C22 (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Chainalysis Testimony Raises the Question: Do We Know How Well Any Such Software Works?

Chainalysis' head of investigations doesn't seem to have a great understanding of the accuracy of her company's flagship software. She’s not alone.

Tor Ekeland, interviewed by The Daily Dot radio's Nicole Powers in 2014.  (Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Germany and U.S. Seize Over $46M Crypto Tied to ChipMixer Investigation

National authorities took down the platform's infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data.

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Policy

Brother of Criminal Bitcoin Mixing CEO Pleads Guilty to Stealing 712 Bitcoins From IRS

Gary Harmon, brother of Helix CEO Larry Harmon, stole his brother’s forfeited crypto right out from under the IRS’ nose, and spent it extravagantly.

Gary Harmon awash in a tub full of money. (U.S District Court for the District of Columbia)

Policy

#FreeAlexPertsev: Protests Planned for Amsterdam Following Tornado Cash Developer’s Arrest

Last week’s arrest sparked a public outcry. With a protest on Saturday, a petition seeking his release and legal funds being crowdsourced, the question remains: Should developers be prosecuted when their code is used for illicit activity?

Organizers are mobilizing the jailed developer's supporters. (Crash71100/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Coming Privacy Wars

Whether governments like it or not, demand for privacy is growing – and will perhaps even accelerate the more they try to suppress it.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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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Tech

Decentralized Mixer Tornado Cash Makes Its User Interface Open-Source

The privacy protocol is stepping up transparency by inviting more eyeballs to review code.

(Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Images)

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