US Lifts Tornado Cash Ban as Developer Moves to MegaETH

March 24, 2025

Catenaa. Monday, March 24, 2025-A developer has ported Tornado Cash-the crypto protocol known for privatizing on-chain transactions-to MegaETH testnet after the US Treasury removed sanctions on the crypto-mixing protocol. Gunboats, the developer, deployed the contract named ETHTornado, citing its ease of implementation. MegaETH’s blockchain supports 20,000 transactions per second, enhancing private transactions. Some users raised […]

US Treasury Sanctions 49 Crypto Addresses Linked to Darknet

March 5, 2025

Catenaa, Wednesday, March 05, 2025-The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned 49 cryptocurrency addresses linked to the now-defunct Nemesis darknet marketplace, accusing its alleged administrator of facilitating illicit transactions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified 44 Bitcoin and five Monero addresses tied to Iranian national Behrouz Parsarad, who allegedly ran Nemesis before it […]