In today’s briefing:
- Sporting Crypto – August 15th 2022: Barnsley FC Terminate Deal with Crypto Partner Hex.com
- #34 Tornado Cash, or how to prosecute code
Sporting Crypto – August 15th 2022: Barnsley FC Terminate Deal with Crypto Partner Hex.com
- After unearthing vile homophobic social media posts from senior leadership of Hex.com — Barnsley FC have terminated its partnership with the crypto token.
- The posts are disgusting and show how little due diligence was done in the first place by the English League 1 Football club.
- But why did they partner with something that has been called a scam on several occasions?
#34 Tornado Cash, or how to prosecute code
- US Treasury Department sanctions a piece of code Crypto feels like those teenage years when every experience feels massive and pivotal.
- The age of firsts. Today we witness the first time regulators take on a protocol, and like everything in crypto, like in teenage years, it feels like a defining moment.
- The OFAC included mixer Tornado Cash in their SDN list in what is the first time a regulator sanctions a protocol, somehow. Let’s unpack things.
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