上诉法院推翻财政部制裁，Tornado Cash 大获全胜，导致 TORN 暴涨 430%

美国上诉法院推翻了财政部对流行的加密货币混合器 Tornado Cash 实施的制裁，导致相关代币的价格飙升 430%，这是加密货币行业取得的重大法律胜利。

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.

美国上诉法院推翻了财政部对流行的加密货币混合器 Tornado Cash 实施的制裁，这一决定可能对加密货币行业产生广泛影响。

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.

新奥尔良第五巡回上诉法院的三名法官组成的陪审团周二得出结论，外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 超越了其权限，推翻了下级法院的裁决，并做出了有利于 Tornado Cash 用户的部分简易判决。

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 的不可变智能合约不符合《国际紧急经济权力法案》(IEEPA)（一项联邦法律，授予总统控制经济交易的广泛权力）规定的财产，因为它们不能被拥有或控制。

“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.

“我们认为 Tornado Cash 的不可变智能合约（支持隐私的软件代码行）不是外国人或实体的“财产”，这意味着 (1) 它们不能根据 IEEPA 被阻止，(2) OFAC 超越了其规定国会定义的权力，”巡回法官唐·威利特在判决书中写道。

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

财政部没有立即回复本辛加的置评请求。

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.”

这项裁决受到了 Coinbase 首席执行官布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗 (Brian Armstrong) 和该公司首席法务官保罗·格雷瓦尔 (Paul Grewal) 等业内有影响力人士的欢呼，他们将其描述为“加密货币的历史性胜利”。

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

“对这个结果感到自豪。法院做出了对我们有利的裁决，即财政部不能批准开源代码。

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

为这个结果感到自豪。法院做出了对我们有利的裁决，@USTreasury 不能批准开源代码。@coinbase 将继续要求政府负责保护您的自由。 https://t.co/RbrPsm8ZMH

— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) March 8, 2024

— 布莱恩·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.

格雷瓦尔在一份声明中表示：“今天第五巡回法院的裁决是加密货币领域的历史性胜利，也是对政府过分热心的过度干预的巨大挫折。”

“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.”

“法院认为，代码行——不可变的智能合约——不能得到财政部的批准。这项裁决将有助于确保创新能够在 Web3 世界中继续蓬勃发展。”

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 是领先的去中心化交易所 Uniswap UNI/USD 背后的公司，其创始人 Hayden Adams 表示：“天哪。不可变的智能合约刚刚在法庭上击败了财政部。”

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，不可变的智能合约刚刚在法庭上击败了财政部”我们认为 Tornado Cash 的不可变智能合约（支持隐私的软件代码行）不是外国人或实体的“财产”，这意味着（1）他们不能被封锁… 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.

这项裁决是在 Tornado Cash 经历了一段动荡时期之后作出的。Tornado Cash 于 2022 年被该部门列入黑名单，美国公民、居民和公司使用该平台是非法的。

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，该平台的创始人 Roman Storm 和 Roman Semenov 因涉嫌通过加密货币混合器洗钱超过 10 亿美元而被起诉，其中包括来自臭名昭著的朝鲜网络犯罪集团 Lazarus Group 的资金。

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.”

批评者认为，Tornado Cash 是软件，而不是个人，财政部批准混合服务已经越权。即将上任的唐纳德·特朗普政府的一位重要成员维韦克·拉马斯瓦米也表达了同样的观点，他认为惩罚整个协议是“非法且违宪的”。

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.

对于好奇的人来说，加密货币不倒翁（也称为混合器）是一种混合加密货币资金以使其更难以追踪的服务。目标是提高加密货币的匿名性，特别是比特币 BTC/USD，其公共账本很容易获得。

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

根据 Benzinga Pro 的数据，裁决后，相关代币 Tornado Cash TORN/USD 的价格暴涨 430%。