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A Legal Whirlwind Settles: Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Tornado Cash

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash, the decentralized cryptocurrency mixer it had blacklisted in August 2022....more

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A Whirlwind of Change: The Delisting of Tornado Cash

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Over the past several years, as U.S. regulators have grappled with the increasing use of cryptocurrency across a spectrum of legitimate and illegitimate commerce, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Foreign Assets...more

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Fifth Circuit Rejects OFAC Designation of Tornado Cash Immutable Smart Contracts

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In a closely watched and complicated case, Van Loon et al. v. Dep’t of the Treasury et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) cannot sanction Tornado...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - December 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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