Joshua Henslee empathizes with people who have put their lives promoting the 'decentralized' vision, saying that it's going to be incredibly difficult for them to accept what's coming.
Tornado Cash is a digital currency mixer that obfuscates transaction history by combining ETH deposits from many users into one pool before paying out Ethereum withdrawals.
The U.K. national is detained in Saudi under the request of the U.S. government after they were identified as having partnered with Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to organize a North Korea event.
U.S. authorities are reportedly investigating Kraken due to suspicions that the controversial digital currency exchange has violated economic sanctions against Iran.
The diplomats requested several of the 31 licensed digital assets exchanges and miners in Japan to halt their operations in Russia; Japan's Financial Services Agency backed the requests.
The exchange was beloved in Venezuela, but it says the sanctions have made operations almost impossible, further constricting the Venezuelan digital currency market.
Russia's first carbon-neutral block reward miner BitRiver has been added to the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list of specially designated individuals and entities.
Top government officials have pledged to revise the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act to ensure Russia doesn’t get a loophole to evade sanctions.
The U.S. government has issued a fresh round of sanctions as it cracks down on ransomware, including against a Russian exchange tied to ransomware payments.
BitPay is accused of allowing users in North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Cuba and Iran to transact on its platform despite having IP addresses and other location data about these users.
U.S. government prosecutors have argued against Virgil Griffith defense's attempts to dismiss the case, saying he knowingly and willfully broke the law with his actions.
The Central bank of Iran and the Iranian Ministry of Energy have amended a law that allows cryptocurrency to be used to fund imports.
