99blocks Crypto Podcast

25 - The Tornado Cash Fiasco

• Christoph • Season 1 • Episode 25

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The first shots are fired in the fight between governments and crypto privacy advocates.
Hear what happened and how the government managed to freeze hundreds of millions in stablecoins that have been supposed to be censoship resistant.

Sources:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tornado-cashs-sanctions-show-shift-in-crypto-regulatory-focus-11660336224
https://decrypt.co/107230/did-the-us-government-just-declare-war-crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/08/12/netherlands-arrests-suspected-tornado-cash-developer/

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