{"id":569995,"date":"2022-04-15T16:50:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=569995"},"modified":"2022-04-15T16:50:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T15:50:56","slug":"tornado-cash-blocks-ethereum-address-linked-to-axie-infinity-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/tornado-cash-blocks-ethereum-address-linked-to-axie-infinity-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado Cash Blocks Ethereum Address Linked to Axie Infinity Hack as it Complies to Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Quick take:<\/p>\n
The popular Ethereum mixer of Tornado Cash<\/a> will start blocking addresses sanctioned by the US Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). The latter is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the Treasury Department that is tasked with enforcing economic and trade sanctions in support of national security and foreign policy objectives of the United States.<\/p>\n Tornado Cash uses @chainalysis<\/a> oracle contract to block OFAC sanctioned addresses from accessing the dapp. — \ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f Tornado.cash \ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f (@TornadoCash) April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
Maintaining financial privacy is essential to preserving our freedom, however, it should not come at the cost of non-compliance.https:\/\/t.co\/tzZe7bVjZt<\/a><\/p>\n