Sanctions

US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash mixer
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10 August, 2022

US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash mixer

Tornado Cash is a digital currency mixer that obfuscates transaction history by combining ETH deposits from many users into one...
UK gov’t accused of abandoning national detained in Saudi over North Korea digital currency conference links
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3 August, 2022

UK gov’t accused of abandoning national detained in Saudi over North Korea digital currency conference links

The U.K. national is detained in Saudi under the request of the U.S. government after they were identified as having...
US diplomats urge Japan to pull through with digital asset sanctions on Russia
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13 July, 2022

US diplomats urge Japan to pull through with digital asset sanctions on Russia

The diplomats requested several of the 31 licensed digital assets exchanges and miners in Japan to halt their operations in...
Uphold exchange exits Venezuela, blames tough US sanctions
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29 June, 2022

Uphold exchange exits Venezuela, blames tough US sanctions

The exchange was beloved in Venezuela, but it says the sanctions have made operations almost impossible, further constricting the Venezuelan...
US Treasury adds BitRiver to list of Russian sanctioned entities
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22 April, 2022

US Treasury adds BitRiver to list of Russian sanctioned entities

Russia's first carbon-neutral block reward miner BitRiver has been added to the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list...
Japan to revise digital asset exchange laws to plug Russia’s sanction evasion loophole
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1 April, 2022

Japan to revise digital asset exchange laws to plug Russia’s sanction evasion loophole

Top government officials have pledged to revise the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act to ensure Russia doesn’t get a...
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