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  1. March 21, 2023

    Treasury Gets Crypto Mixer Sanctions Suit Sent To Austin

    A Texas federal judge has opted to transfer a suit contending the U.S. Treasury Department overstepped when it sanctioned a crypto mixing protocol, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation to send the case to Austin and overruling objections from the protocol's users.

  2. January 02, 2023

    Fintech Litigation To Watch In 2023

    The breathtaking implosion and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the subsequent arrest of its founder showered negative attention on the largely unregulated digital asset space in 2022, prompting legal experts to forecast that more enforcement actions and bankruptcies would hit the crypto industry in 2023.

  3. November 23, 2022

    Feds Falsely Brand Tornado Cash A Security Risk, Suit Says

    Six cryptocurrency users who are suing the U.S. Department of the Treasury over its sanctioning of an open-source privacy software say officials recently removed Tornado Cash from the list of entities that threaten national security, then improperly relisted it as one that supports North Korea's repressive regime.

  4. September 08, 2022

    Coinbase Backs Suit Against Treasury Over Tornado Cash Ban

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday was hit with a lawsuit backed by the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase accusing it of overstepping its authority when it sanctioned certain addresses associated with crypto mixing service Tornado Cash last month.