US Treasury Removes Tornado Cash From OFAC Sanctions List

The Department of Treasury has lifted Sanctions on Tornado Cash, the Ethereum based smart contract mixer, following a series of legal defeats and administrative challenges. “Based on the Administration’s review of the novel legal and policy issues raised by use of financial sanctions against financial and commercial activity occurring within evolving technology and legal environments, we have exercised our discretion to remove the economic sanctions against Tornado Cash as reflected in Treasury’s Monday filing in Van Loon v. Department of the Treasury,” the Treasury Department stated.  Quick Overview of the…

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Nasdaq files to list Grayscale Polkadot ETF

US securities exchange Nasdaq has requested to list a Grayscale exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding the Polkadot network’s native token, DOT (DOT), filings showed. If approved, the Grayscale Polkadot Trust would add to the asset manager’s expanding suite of publicly traded crypto funds.  The filing adds to the litany of applications with the US Securities and Exchange Commission by exchanges and asset managers seeking to list ETFs tied to alternative cryptocurrencies, or altcoins. The SEC must review and approve the filings before trading can commence. Nasdaq proposal to list and trade Grayscale’s…

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Revolut X, New Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform, to List Dash

The Dash community has revealed on social media that the coin will be included in the trading options on Revolut X, the new cryptocurrency exchange platform by Revolut. This development expands Dash’s reach to Revolut’s rapidly growing user base. Revolut X, a standalone web app separate from Revolut’s main banking app, is designed to provide […] Source link

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Bitcoin Developer Mailing List Migrates To Google Groups

Today, moderators of the mailing list for Bitcoin developers, Ruben Somsen, Bryan Bishop, and Warren Togami, announced the migration of the mailing list to Google Groups. “The bitcoin-dev mailing list has migrated from Sourceforge.net where it was originally hosted, to Linux Foundation, to OSUOSL, and now it is migrating to Google Groups,” said Bitcoin developer Bryan Bishop. Subscribers to the existing mailing list are urged to take action promptly, as emails to the old list will no longer be accepted as of February 2024. The new mailing list location will be accessible here.…

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