Privacy Pools ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Crypto Mixer Under Development, Former Tornado Cash Developer Says

Privacy Pools ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Crypto Mixer Under Development, Former Tornado Cash Developer Says

Privacy Pools, a successor to the legally sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash is currently in development. One of the developers who worked on Tornado Cash is now creating a new platform that is said to be compliant with legal norms. The developer has posted the code of the new service…

Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail, Custody Extended by 3 Months

Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail, Custody Extended by 3 Months

Prison time for Tordano Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has been extended for three more months until his next hearing, which is scheduled for April 21. Till then, Pertsev will continue to be under the custody of the Dutch police. The Tornado Cash platform was sanctioned by the US Treasury last…

Tornado Cash Users to Get Benefits for Proving Their Funds Are Not Stolen, Here’s How

Tornado Cash Users to Get Benefits for Proving Their Funds Are Not Stolen, Here’s How

Holders of the TORN token, which is native to the Tornado Cash privacy mixer, will now be eligible to earn rewards for proving that their holdings are not from stolen funds. Web3 builder Chainway has launched a new feature called the ‘Proof-of-Innocence’, which will reward ethical TORN holders. The Tornado…

US Treasury Offers a Way for Users to Recover Funds From Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash

US Treasury Offers a Way for Users to Recover Funds From Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash

The US Treasury Department has said that residents and citizens in the US can apply for a license to recover any funds they have that are locked in the now-banned Ethereum coin-mixing tool Tornado Cash. The Treasury Department’s move to ban Tornado Cash in August sent the crypto community into…

US Treasury Department Levies Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash for Being Used to Launder Money

US Treasury Department Levies Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash for Being Used to Launder Money

The US Treasury has sanctioned zero-knowledge proof-based private transaction protocol Tornado Cash for its complicity in a crypto laundering case. The digital currency mixing service has allegedly been used to launder more than $7 billion (roughly Rs. 55,672 crore) worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019, the Treasury…