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Van Loon Plaintiffs to Argue Before Fifth Circuit in Case Against US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

In a September 1 X post, Kannon Shanmugam, a lawyer representing Joseph Van Loon and several others in a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury hinted that he would be presenting…

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New York Federal Reserve Staff Paper on Tornado Cash Concludes Ethereum Is ‘Not Immune to Censorship and Cooperation’

A staff report published by several New York Federal Reserve employees found that Ethereum “is not immune to censorship and cooperation,” which depends on the roles of several actors across…

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OKX to Deactivate Accounts Linked to Sanctioned Entities, Including Tornado Cash and Garantex

OKX is all set to deactivate accounts involved with sanctioned entities, including crypto mixer Tornado Cash and Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex. On August 9th, OKX CEO Star Xu highlighted the…

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Railgun Blocks Inferno Drainer’s Attempt to Launder Stolen Funds Worth 174 ETH

Popular crypto privacy protocol Railgun has successfully thwarted Inferno Drainer’s latest effort to launder stolen funds, which were sent back to the original wallet’s address. According to a July 10…

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Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Donates 30 ETH to Support Tornado Cash Devs’ Legal Defense

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 30 ETH, valued at around $113,000, to support the legal defense of Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm through the decentralized fundraising platform…

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Early Crypto Adopter: Unmatched Privacy of ZK Proofs Outweighs the Technology’s Perceived Disadvantages

Although zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs are often considered complex to set up, Iva Wisher, co-founder of the Layer two platform Prom, argues that the technology’s unparalleled privacy, faster transaction finality, and…

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