OFAC yanks Tornado Cash off sanctions list but keeps one bad actor blocked
Published Date: 3/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC just took Tornado Cash off its blocked list, meaning its assets are no longer frozen under certain cybercrime and North Korea-related rules. However, one individual on the list still has their property blocked, and U.S. folks can’t do business with them. This update took effect on March 21, 2025, so watch your wallets and compliance checklists!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Tornado Cash removed from SDN list
You may now transact with the entity TORNADO CASH without it being blocked under the cited U.S. Executive Orders. OFAC removed TORNADO CASH from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List on March 21, 2025, and the notice lists numerous Ethereum addresses (for example, ETH 0x12D66f87A04A9E220743712cE6d9bB1B5616B8Fc) that were associated with the entity.
One individual remains blocked
OFAC amended the SDN entry for Roman Semenov (DOB 08 Nov 1987) on March 21, 2025, but all property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction for this individual remain blocked. U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with him.
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