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امتد احتجاز بيرتسيف حيث وصلت ودائع تورنادو Cash إلى 2.8 مليار دولار

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سيبقى أليكسي بيرتسيف، مطور Tornado Cash ، رهن الاحتجاز السابق للمحاكمة لفترة طويلة من الزمن. وأعرب المطور الأساسي عن حزنه، مشيراً إلى أن القرار سيؤثر على قدرته على الاستعداد للاستئناف.

أعلن بيرتسيف الأخبار على حسابه X. وذكر أنه سيظل مصمما على النضال من أجل العدالة رغم تمديد الاعتقال.

لقد كان مجتمع العملات المشفرة على X داعمًا. تلقى بيرتسيف مؤخرًا تبرعًا بقيمة 50 إيثريوم من أمين سليماني، مبتكر MolochDAO والخبير في مجال العملات المشفرة. صرح سليماني بأنه على استعداد لمطابقة ما يصل إلى 50 تبرعات إضافية من ETH لمساعدة بيرتسيف أليكسي في تمويل تكاليف قضيته المستمرة.

ويحزنني أن أعلن أنه على الرغم من بذلنا قصارى جهدنا، قررت المحكمة تمديد فترة حبسي الاحتياطي. هذا القرار يعقد بشكل كبير قدرتي على الاستعداد للاستئناف، لكنني ما زلت مصممًا على مواصلة النضال من أجل العدالة.

ممتنون لدعمكم المستمر.🙏🏼

– أليكسي بيرتسيف (alex_pertsev) 21 نوفمبر 2024

Tornado Cash still operational despite US sanctions

In August 2022, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash. The cryptocurrency mixer was sanctioned due to its alleged involvement in laundering more than $7 billion since its inception in 2019.

The money laundering activities included a staggering amount of $455 million stolen by the North Korean organization Lazarus Group.

Tornado Cash remains active with a total of $619.42 million value locked and a market capitalization of $13.14 million, according to DeFiLlama. The protocol still receives millions of dollars of deposits on a monthly basis. Last month, Tornado Cash received deposits of $176.48 million and processed withdrawals of $72.91 million.

According to FlipSide Crypto, Tornado Cash recorded a total of $2.8 billion in deposits and $1.3 billion in withdrawals in 2024.

Tornado Cash monthly deposits/withdrawals (USD). (Source: FlipSide Crypto)

On November 14, seven Democratic members of the US House of Representatives demanded answers from Treasury officials on the continued operations of Tornado Cash despite the sanctions. The Democratic members issued an official letter addressing the Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen.

“We write to request additional information about the ongoing use of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash after sanctions were imposed in 2022.” stated the letter.

The seven members including Brad Sherman, an anti-crypto Congress member, expressed their concerns and said, “Despite sanctions, Tornado Cash has remained online and continues to function as decentralized smart contracts.”

The letter stated that other centralized crypto mixers like Blender and Sinbad have been taken down, but Tornado Cash still operates, even seeing a resurgence in deposits and withdrawals. The Congress members also wrote about the involvement of Tornado Cash in facilitating money laundering for hackers, cybercriminals, and terrorist organizations

The letter ended with a list of questions, requesting the agency update the numbers of illicit transactions processed through the decentralized mixer. In addition, they questioned if the agency would impose secondary sanctions on people who have used the mixer. The Congress members who contributed to the letter also questioned if the Treasury Department has the tools to enforce the sanctions.

They requested the department provide answers by December 2.

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