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Breaking the Blockade: Venezuelan Citizens and OFAC Licenses

17 Apr 2026 3 minute read 0 comments EscultordeLetras

Versión en español Following the announcement this week regarding OFAC General Licenses 56 and 57, a great deal of debate has emerged. Some view this as a limited and purely institutional step, but as an author and a citizen living the daily reality...

CageChain Newsletter #222 | Institutional Investors Ready to Flip?, ETH Merge Meltdown, Blockchain Lobbying Efforts, OFAC Tornado Cash Licenses, and More

15 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments KHubbard

Henrik Andersson, CIO of crypto asset fund manager Apollo Capital believes institutions may soon "flip" on their conservative stance towards crypto. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Melbourne-based crypto fund manager said that while institutional int...

Dutch Government Arrests Tornado Developer

26 Aug 2022 4 minute read 3 comments MintDice.com

On Friday, August 12th, the Dutch government apprehended and arrested one of the developers of the Tornado app, which was sanctioned by the US government just days before. But why did they arrest him? And what does this mean for the future of crypto...

Tether Will Not Freeze Tornado Cash Addresses Sanctioned By U.S. Office of Foreign Assets

25 Aug 2022 3 minute read 1 comment kev_nag

The recent US government sanction on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash raised alarm bells in the cryptocurrency industry. Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based coin mixer, has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department’s Specially Designated National...

Follow-up: Now Circle moves to Freeze All Blacklisted Tornado Cash Smart Contract Addresses

9 Aug 2022 3 minute read 2 comments kev_nag

Merely nine hours ago or so, I published an article [Nagoda, K. U.S. Treasury OFAC Bars Residents From Using Tornado Cash and Added 44 Addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals List. (Accessed August 9, 2022)]. On reading the ‘Crypto News’ this...