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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

US issues sanctions on a 2nd virtual currency mixing firm

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which has allegedly helped to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control says Tornado Cash's systems were used to launder more than $96 million drawn from the June Harmony blockchain bridge theft and August Nomad crypto firm heist.

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