Tornado Cash, a popular Ethereum mixer that helps obfuscate crypto transactions, has said that it will block crypto addresses sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) — an enforcement agency of the US Treasury Department.
The news means OFAC-sanctioned crypto wallet addresses will now not be able to use Tornado Cash. “Maintaining financial privacy is essential to preserving our freedom, however, it should not come at the cost of non-compliance,” tweeted Tornado Cash on Friday.
Tornado Cash said it uses the Chainalysis oracle — a smart contract that validates if a crypto wallet address has been included in a sanctions designation — to block OFAC-sanctioned crypto addresses.
The news comes a day after the Treasury Department alleged that North Korean hacking group Lazarus is linked to the $625 million theft from the Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge. The Department added an Ethereum address to its sanctions list, allegedly tied to the Ronin exploit, and Tornado Cash
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