La detención de Pertsev se extiende mientras Tornado Cash alcanza los 2.800 millones de dólares en depósitos
Alexey Pertsev, el desarrollador de Tornado Cash , permanecerá en prisión preventiva durante un período prolongado. El desarrollador principal expresó su tristeza y afirmó que la decisión afectaría su capacidad para prepararse para una apelación.
Pertsev anunció la noticia en su cuenta X. Afirmó que seguirá decidido a luchar por la justicia a pesar de la prórroga de la detención.
La comunidad criptográfica de X nos ha apoyado. Recientemente, Pertsev recibió una donación de 50 ETH de Ameen Soleimani, creador de MolochDAO y veterano en el criptoespacio. Soleimani declaró que está dispuesto a igualar hasta 50 ETH más en donaciones para ayudar a Pertsev Alexey a financiar los costos actuales de su caso.
Me entristece anunciar que, a pesar de nuestros mejores esfuerzos, el tribunal decidió prolongar mi prisión preventiva. Esta decisión complica significativamente mi capacidad para prepararme para la apelación, pero sigo decidido a seguir luchando por la justicia.
Agradecido por su continuo apoyo.🙏🏼
– Alexey Pertsev (@alex_pertsev) 21 de noviembre de 2024
Tornado Cash still operational despite US sanctions
In August 2022, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash. The cryptocurrency mixer was sanctioned due to its alleged involvement in laundering more than $7 billion since its inception in 2019.
The money laundering activities included a staggering amount of $455 million stolen by the North Korean organization Lazarus Group.
Tornado Cash remains active with a total of $619.42 million value locked and a market capitalization of $13.14 million, according to DeFiLlama. The protocol still receives millions of dollars of deposits on a monthly basis. Last month, Tornado Cash received deposits of $176.48 million and processed withdrawals of $72.91 million.
According to FlipSide Crypto, Tornado Cash recorded a total of $2.8 billion in deposits and $1.3 billion in withdrawals in 2024.
On November 14, seven Democratic members of the US House of Representatives demanded answers from Treasury officials on the continued operations of Tornado Cash despite the sanctions. The Democratic members issued an official letter addressing the Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen.
“We write to request additional information about the ongoing use of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash after sanctions were imposed in 2022.” stated the letter.
The seven members including Brad Sherman, an anti-crypto Congress member, expressed their concerns and said, “Despite sanctions, Tornado Cash has remained online and continues to function as decentralized smart contracts.”
The letter stated that other centralized crypto mixers like Blender and Sinbad have been taken down, but Tornado Cash still operates, even seeing a resurgence in deposits and withdrawals. The Congress members also wrote about the involvement of Tornado Cash in facilitating money laundering for hackers, cybercriminals, and terrorist organizations
The letter ended with a list of questions, requesting the agency update the numbers of illicit transactions processed through the decentralized mixer. In addition, they questioned if the agency would impose secondary sanctions on people who have used the mixer. The Congress members who contributed to the letter also questioned if the Treasury Department has the tools to enforce the sanctions.
They requested the department provide answers by December 2.
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