隨着 Tornado Cash存款達到 $2.8B，Pertsev 的拘留延長
Tornado Cash的開發者 Alexey Pertsev 將長期處於審前拘留狀態。核心開發人員表達了他的悲傷，表示這一決定將影響他準備上訴的能力。
佩爾採夫在他的 X 賬戶上宣佈了這一消息。他表示，儘管拘留時間延長，他仍將堅定地爲正義而戰。
X 上的加密社區一直給予支持。最近，Pertsev 收到了 MolochDAO 的創建者、加密貨幣領域資深人士 Ameen Soleimani 捐贈的 50 ETH。 Soleimani 表示，他願意再捐出 50 ETH 的捐款，以幫助 Pertsev Alexey 資助他正在進行的案件費用。
我很遺憾地宣佈，儘管我們盡了最大努力，法院還是決定延長我的審前拘留。這一決定使我準備上訴的能力變得非常複雜，但我仍然決心繼續爲正義而戰。
感謝您一直以來的支持。🙏🏼
— Alexey Pertsev (@alex_pertsev) 2024 年 11 月 21 日
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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