美國官員從批准實體清單中刪除加密貨幣龍捲風現金

投入：美國官員在周五從一系列被認可的實體清單中刪除了加密貨幣龍捲風現金，這是隱私擁護者和加密貨幣行業的重大勝利。

The US has removed crypto mixer Tornado Cash from a list of sanctioned entities, according to a notice from the Treasury Department on Friday.

根據周五財政部的通知，美國已從批准的實體清單中刪除了加密貨幣龍捲風現金。

The move comes after a federal appeals court in New Orleans sided with Ethereum developer Preston Van Loon and five other Tornado Cash users who sued the Treasury Department.

此舉是在新奧爾良的聯邦上訴法院與以太坊開發商普雷斯頓·範·洛恩（Preston van Loon）和其他五名龍捲風現金用戶一起起訴財政部的龍捲風。

The department had overstepped its authority by sanctioning the protocol, and the court found that the immutable smart contracts at the heart of Tornado Cash couldn’t be sanctioned.

該部門通過制裁該協議來超越了其權力，法院裁定，龍捲風現金的核心是不變的智能合約。

The Tornado Cash token, TORN, rose 60% on the news to $12.45 on Friday.

週五，龍捲風現金令牌（Torn）上漲了60％，上漲了60％，至$ 12.45。

TORN fell 70% to $9 after the Treasury Department sanctioned the protocol in August 2022, and it hit an all-time-low of $1.29 in December 2023. The token briefly hit an all time high shortly after its debut in 2021, topping $430.

財政部於2022年8月批准該協議後，撕裂下降了70％至9美元，並在2023年12月的歷史時低1.29美元。代幣在2021年首次亮相後不久短暫地達到了一段時間，高達430美元。

The news also comes as the U.S. ramps up efforts to counter North Korea's hacking and cyber activity.

這一消息也隨著美國加大努力來應對朝鮮的黑客入侵和網絡活動的努力。

"The U.S. remains deeply concerned about the significant state-sponsored hacking and money laundering campaign aimed at stealing, acquiring, and deploying digital assets for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Kim regime," the Treasury Department said in a statement.

美國財政部在一份聲明中說：“美國仍然對旨在竊取，獲取和部署數字資產為大韓民國（DPRK）（DPRK）和金正日政權部署數字資產的重要國家贊助的黑客入侵和洗錢運動非常關注。”

"Treasury will continue to monitor closely any transactions that may benefit malicious cyber actors or the DPRK, and U.S. persons should exercise caution before engaging in transactions that present such risks."

“財政部將繼續密切監控任何可能使惡意的網絡參與者或朝鮮有益的交易，美國人員應在進行這種風險的交易之前謹慎行事。”

The development marks a victory for crypto and privacy advocates, who argued that the sanctions on Tornado Cash were too broad and infringed on Americans' right to use crypto technology.

這一發展標誌著加密貨幣和隱私擁護者的勝利，他們認為對龍捲風現金的製裁過於廣泛，侵犯了美國人使用加密技術的權利。

"We won!" Neeraj Agrawal, head of communications at crypto think tank Coin Center, wrote on X. Coin Center had challenged the sanctions designation in a separate lawsuit in 2022.

“我們贏了！” Crypto智囊團硬幣中心的通訊主管Neeraj Agrawal在X. Coin Center上寫道，在2022年的另一項訴訟中對製裁指定提出了質疑。

However, some expressed concern over the impact on the U.S.'s ability to fight cybercrime. In a legal filing Tuesday, the Treasury itself said delisting Tornado Cash "could impair the government’s ability to disrupt" North Korea’s financing of its nuclear weapons programme with stolen crypto.

但是，一些人對美國對網絡犯罪的能力的影響表示關注。在周二的法律文件中，財政部本身說，將龍捲風現金的推送“可能會損害政府破壞朝鮮”朝鮮與被盜的加密貨幣的核武器計劃的融資。

"In a long list of horribles, this is one of the most dangerous and irresponsible things coming out of the Trump White House," wrote Representative Sean Casten, a Democrat from Illinois.

伊利諾伊州民主黨人肖恩·卡斯滕（Sean Casten）代表肖恩·卡斯滕（Sean Casten）寫道：“在一長串恐怖中，這是特朗普白宮最危險和最不負責任的事情之一。”

"Tornado Cash exists to make it easier to launder money. Period."

“存在龍捲風現金，以使洗錢更容易。期間。”

Meanwhile, some legal experts cautioned it wasn’t a total victory for Tornado Cash users.

同時，一些法律專家警告說，這對龍捲風現金用戶來說並不是完全的勝利。

An analysis from crypto advocacy firm DeFi Education Fund noted that the Treasury department has implied it still considers Tornado Cash a sanctionable entity, as some aspects of the protocol as controlled by its developers.

加密倡導公司Defi教育基金的一項分析指出，財政部暗示它仍然認為龍捲風現金是可嚴格的實體，因為該協議的某些方面由其開發商控制。

"Continuing to assert that a decentralized software protocol is an entity and that developers of said protocol are themselves liable for enabling illicit activity for writing its code and making it publicly available is a flawed conclusion," DeFi Education Fund wrote in its analysis.

Defi Education Fund在其分析中寫道：“繼續斷言，分散的軟件協議是一個實體，並且所述協議的開發人員本身有可能使非法活動編寫其代碼並公開可用是一個缺陷的結論。”

Additionally, Treasury did not remove Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov from its sanctions list, and the Department of Justice has not signalled it intends to drop its prosecution of another co-founder, Roman Storm.

此外，財政部沒有從其製裁名單中刪除龍捲風現金聯合創始人羅馬·塞梅諾夫（Roman Semenov），司法部並未表示打算放棄對另一位聯合創始人羅馬風暴的起訴。

Storm has been charged with three counts of conspiracy: to commit money laundering; operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business; and to violate U.S. sanctions.

風暴被指控犯有三項陰謀罪：洗錢；經營無執照的貨幣傳遞業務；並違反我們的製裁。

His trial begins in April, and faces decades in prison if he’s found guilty.

他的審判始於四月，如果他被判有罪，就面對數十年的監獄。

"Van Loon has no bearing on this case," prosecutors wrote in a filing in January.

檢察官在一月份的一份文件中寫道：“範·洛恩（Van Loon）與此案無關。”

"Van Loon rests on a factual conclusion that the Government not only does not dispute, but has affirmatively alleged in the Indictment: the Tornado Cash pools are immutable smart contracts."

“範·洛恩（Van Loon）基於一個事實結論，即政府不僅沒有質疑，而且在起訴書中肯定地指控：龍捲風庫是不可變的智能合約。”

"While we have won a big battle, the war is far from over," Storm wrote on X Friday.

“儘管我們贏得了一場大戰，但戰爭還遠遠沒有結束，” Storm在X星期五寫道。

Tornado Cash lets users deposit Ether into a larger pool of other Ether deposits. After a user deposits their tokens from one address, they can withdraw that amount of tokens from a completely new address.

龍捲風現金使用戶可以將以太存入更大的其他以太存款中。用戶從一個地址存入令牌後，他們可以從一個全新的地址中撤回該數量的令牌。

That’s a useful feature for those who want to hide their crypto transactions, such as persecuted dissidents and, of course, criminals.

對於那些想隱藏加密交易的人來說，這是一個有用的功能，例如受迫害的持不同政見者，當然還有罪犯。

In 2022, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, sanctioned Tornado Cash, citing the protocol’s popularity with North Korean hackers who used it to launder stolen crypto.

2022年，財政部的外國資產控制辦公室或OFAC批准了龍捲風現金，理由是該協議在朝鮮黑客中的受歡迎程度，這些朝鮮黑客將其用來洗錢。

That crypto was then used to fund the pariah nation’s nuclear weapons programme, according to U.S. officials.

據美國官員稱，該加密貨幣隨後被用來為賤民國家的核武器計劃提供資金。

Van Loon and other Tornado Cash users, bankrolled by crypto exchange Coinbase, sued the Treasury Department for overstepping its authority and violating Americans’ financial freedom and their Constitutional right to free speech.

Crypto Exchange Coinbase的資助，Van Loon和其他Tornado現金用戶起訴了財政部，以超過其權力並違反了美國人的財務自由及其憲法自由言論自由權。

Co-plaintiff Tyler Almeida, for example, had used the protocol to donate to Ukraine after it was invaded by Russia, fearing that his donation would otherwise draw attention from “Russian state-sponsored hacking groups,” according to the lawsuit.

例如，俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭，泰勒·阿爾梅達（Tyler Almeida）被俄羅斯入侵後，曾使用該協議向烏克蘭捐款，擔心他的捐款否則會引起“俄羅斯國家贊助的黑客黑客群體”的關注。

Others in the industry stepped

行業中的其他人走了