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Sanctions
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Are the Tornado Cash developers guilty?
Judge Katherine Polk Failla postponed the trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. What is happening in…
Payeer fined €9.3m for sanctions evasion
Lithuania has imposed a €9.3 million ($10.07 million) fine against local cryptocurrency firm Payeer over sanctions violations, Reuters…
US prosecutors oppose Ethereum dev’s motion to reduce 5-year sentence
In April 2022, a judge sentenced Virgil Griffith to 63 months in prison for violating U.S. sanctions on…
Maduro critics say Venezuelan president will use crypto to evade sanctions
Venezuelan activists have alleged that President Maduro and his government are seeking ways to circumnavigate international sanctions, with…
US senators warn of countries using Tether to circumvent sanctions
Senators sent letters to several departments about Russia, Iran, and North Korea possibly using Tether’s stablecoin to avoid…
Major CEXs persist in delisting anonymous coins: the end for the privacy era?
Amid the news that Binance would delist Monero, should the crypto community brace for the decline of the…
Coin Center losses legal fight against U.S. Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions
Coin Center, a research non-profit blockchain advocacy firm, has lost its case against the U.S. Treasury after Tornado…
Crypto exchanges in Estonia and Lithuania allegedly helped Russians circumvent sanctions
Crypto exchanges in Estonia and Latvia reportedly helped Russians circumvent sanctions and convert rubles into other currencies
Bank of Russia wants to ‘avoid super-close attention’ with CBDC
As sanctions have cut Russia off from the global economy, the local central bank hopes its digital currency…
Russian lawmakers believe digital ruble will replace banks
Anatoly Aksakov, head of Russia’s Banking Committee, believes that the digital ruble could potentially render traditional banking institutions…
