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  1. April 30, 2025

    Feds Barred From Reviving 'Unlawful' Tornado Cash Sanctions

    A Texas federal judge has permanently barred the U.S. Department of the Treasury from enforcing its now-dissolved sanctions on crypto mixer Tornado Cash after the advocates who challenged the designation argued the government's removal of the sanctions wasn't enough.

  2. March 24, 2025

    'Enough Is Enough': Tornado Cash Users Demand Judgment

    Challengers to the Treasury Department's now-dissolved sanctions of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Monday urged a Texas federal judge to make clear that the designation was unlawful despite the government's claims that the case is moot now that it has removed Tornado Cash from its blocked persons list.

  3. August 18, 2023

    Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Can Be Sanctioned, Judge Says

    A Texas federal judge has found that the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash is an entity that can be sanctioned, upholding the U.S. Department of the Treasury's decision to place the protocol on its list of blocked entities despite a Coin base-backed challenge from the crypto mixer's users.

  4. May 25, 2023

    Tornado Cash Users Fight Treasury On 'Property' Definition

    Users of crypto mixer Tornado Cash doubled down on their arguments that the U.S. Department of the Treasury overstepped when it "unconstitutionally" sanctioned the service, arguing in a brief that the government has yet to explain how the platform's open source code is sanctionable property.

  5. May 19, 2023

    Bank Group Backs Treasury Dept. In Crypto Mixer Fight

    The Bank Policy Institute, an advocacy organization, has urged a Texas federal judge to grant an early win to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in a suit alleging the department overstepped its authority when it sanctioned a so-called crypto mixing protocol known as Tornado Cash.

  6. April 05, 2023

    Crypto Mixer Users Seek Pretrial Win Over Treasury Sanctions

    The coalition of users challenging the U.S. Department of the Treasury's sanctioning of a crypto mixing protocol moved for partial summary judgment Wednesday, arguing the move "dramatically exceeds" the powers Congress gave to the Treasury.