The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a restriction on Tornado Cash, a crypto privacy tool that combines the money of several users to conceal the origin of crypto payments, earlier this month. Since its inception in 2019, the authorities have accused the mixing business of assisting criminal actors to launder more than $7 billion in digital assets.
As bitcoin has gained widespread popularity, it has also produced a number of challenges, such as money laundering and the use of cryptocurrencies by bad actors owing to their anonymity. Similarly, the space has notified and engaged government agencies in an effort to avoid unlawful money transactions.
As a consequence, law enforcement has imposed penalties on privacy tools that also violate the privacy of other users.
A few weeks ago, the government imposed restrictions on the Tornado, prompting outrage from crypto-focused firms and at least one politician to express support for Tornado. The legislator said that these restrictions pose a threat to the privacy of American consumers since local people also use online privacy protection technologies.
Crypto mixer services circulate a user’s crypto money between several crypto platforms and a pool of other users’ assets to conceal transaction data and users engaged.
It was not the first time U.S. law enforcement has charged a mixing business; in May, the authorities imposed sanctions on the North Korean mixing startup Blender.io. Officials said that the company assisted the North Korean cyber group Lazarus, which in March stole $600 million from the Ronin Bridge network.
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