上訴法院推翻財政部製裁，Tornado Cash 大獲全勝，導致 TORN 暴漲 430%

美國上訴法院推翻了財政部對流行的加密貨幣混合器 Tornado Cash 實施的製裁，導致相關代幣的價格飆升 430%，這是加密貨幣行業的重大法律勝利。

A U.S. appeals court has overturned sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department on popular cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, in a decision that could have broad implications for the cryptocurrency industry.

美國上訴法院推翻了財政部對流行的加密貨幣混合器 Tornado Cash 實施的製裁，這項決定可能對加密貨幣產業產生廣泛影響。

A three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court in New Orleans concluded on Tuesday that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had exceeded its authority, reversing a lower court’s decision and granting a partial summary judgment in favor of Tornado Cash users.

新奧爾良第五巡迴上訴法院的三名法官組成的陪審團週二得出結論，外國資產控制辦公室(OFAC) 超越了其權限，推翻了下級法院的裁決，並做出了有利於Tornado Cash 用戶的部分簡易判決。

The judges ruled that Tornado Cash’s immutable smart contracts do not qualify as property under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)—a federal law that grants sweeping powers to the president to control economic transactions—as they cannot be owned or controlled.

法官裁定，Tornado Cash 的不可變智能合約不符合《國際緊急經濟權力法案》(IEEPA)（一項聯邦法律，授予總統控制經濟交易的廣泛權力）規定的財產，因為它們不能被擁有或控制。

“We hold that Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts (the lines of privacy-enabling software code) are not the "property" of a foreign national or entity, meaning (1) they cannot be blocked under IEEPA, and (2) OFAC overstepped its congressionally defined authority,” Circuit Judge Don Willett wrote in the judgment.

“我們認為 Tornado Cash 的不可變智能合約（支援隱私的軟體程式碼行）不是外國人或實體的“財產”，這意味著 (1) 它們不能根據 IEEPA 被阻止，(2) OFAC 超越了其規定國會定義的權力，」巡迴法官唐威利特在判決書中寫道。

The Treasury Department didn’t immediately return Benzinga's request for comment.

財政部沒有立即回覆本辛加的置評請求。

The ruling was cheered by influential names in the industry like Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and the company’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal who described it as a “historic win for crypto.”

這項裁決受到了Coinbase 執行長布萊恩·阿姆斯特朗(Brian Armstrong) 和該公司首席法務官保羅·格雷瓦爾(Paul Grewal) 等業內有影響力人士的歡呼，他們將其描述為“加密貨幣的歷史性勝利」。

“Proud of this outcome. The courts ruled in our favor that the Treasury Department cannot sanction open-source code.

「對這個結果感到自豪。法院做出了對我們有利的裁決，即財政部不能批准開源程式碼。

Proud of this outcome. The courts ruled in our favor that @USTreasury cannot sanction open source code.@coinbase will keep holding government accountable to protect your freedoms. https://t.co/RbrPsm8ZMH

為這個結果感到自豪。法院做出了對我們有利的裁決，@USTreasury 不能批准開源代碼。 https://t.co/RbrPsm8ZMH

— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) March 8, 2024

— 布萊恩·阿姆斯特朗 (@brian_armstrong) 2024 年 3 月 8 日

“Today's Fifth Circuit ruling is a historic win for crypto and a massive setback for overzealous government overreach,” Grewal said in a statement.

格雷瓦爾在一份聲明中表示：“今天第五巡迴法院的裁決是加密貨幣領域的歷史性勝利，也是對政府過分熱心的過度幹預的巨大挫折。”

“The court held that lines of code—immutable smart contracts—cannot be sanctioned by the Treasury Department. This ruling will help ensure that innovation can continue to flourish in the Web3 world.”

「法院認為，代碼行——不可變的智能合約——不能得到財政部的批准。這項裁決將有助於確保創新能夠在 Web3 世界中繼續蓬勃發展。

Hayden Adams, Founder of Uniswap Labs, the firm behind the leading decentralized exchange Uniswap UNI/USD, said, “Holy sh*t. Immutable smart contracts just beat the Treasury Department in court.”

Uniswap Labs 是領先的去中心化交易所 Uniswap UNI/USD 背後的公司，其創始人 Hayden Adams 表示：「天哪。不可變的智能合約剛剛在法庭上擊敗了財政部。

holy shit immutable smart contracts just beat the treasury department in court"we hold that Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts (the lines of privacy-enabling software code) are not the "property" of a foreign national or entity, meaning (1) they cannot be blocked under… https://t.co/KROajcEGhq pic.twitter.com/qYpMa6vpe3

天哪，不可變的智能合約剛剛在法庭上擊敗了財政部”我們認為Tornado Cash 的不可變智能合約（支持隱私的軟體代碼行）不是外國人或實體的“財產”，這意味著（1）他們不能被封鎖… https://t.co/KROajcEGhq pic.twitter.com/qYpMa6vpe3

— hayden (@hayden) March 8, 2024

- 海登 (@hayden) 2024 年 3 月 8 日

The ruling follows a turbulent period for Tornado Cash, which was blacklisted by the department in 2022, making it illegal for U.S. citizens, residents, and companies to use the platform.

這項裁決是在 Tornado Cash 經歷了一段動盪時期之後作出的。

In August 2023, the platform’s founders, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, were indicted for allegedly laundering over $1 billion through the cryptocurrency mixer, including funds from the notorious North Korean cybercrime group, Lazarus Group.

2023 年 8 月，該平台的創始人 Roman Storm 和 Roman Semenov 因涉嫌透過加密貨幣混合器洗錢超過 10 億美元而被起訴，其中包括來自臭名昭著的北韓網路犯罪集團 Lazarus Group 的資金。

Critics argued that Tornado Cash is software, not an individual and that the Treasury had overstepped its authority by sanctioning the mixing service. This sentiment was echoed by Vivek Ramaswamy, a prominent member of the incoming Donald Trump administration, who argued that penalizing an entire protocol was “illegal and unconstitutional.”

批評者認為，Tornado Cash 是軟體，而不是個人，財政部批准混合服務已經越權。即將上任的唐納德·川普政府的一位重要成員維韋克·拉馬斯瓦米也表達了同樣的觀點，他認為懲罰整個協議是「非法且違憲的」。

For the curious, a cryptocurrency tumbler, also known as a mixer, is a service that mixes cryptocurrency funds to make them harder to trace. The goal is to improve the anonymity of cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin BTC/USD, whose public ledgers are otherwise easily available.

對於好奇的人來說，加密貨幣不倒翁（也稱為混合器）是一種混合加密貨幣資金以使其更難以追蹤的服務。目標是提高加密貨幣的匿名性，特別是比特幣 BTC/USD，其公共帳本很容易獲得。

After the ruling, the price of the associated token Tornado Cash TORN/USD exploded 430%, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

根據 Benzinga Pro 的數據，裁決後，相關代幣 Tornado Cash TORN/USD 的價格暴漲 430%。