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Tornado Cash BANNED By OFAC... Is this the War on Crypto?

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On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department made a smart contract illegal. They can do that?? David walks you through the news, with multiple interviews from Jerry Brito and Collins Belton, two experts in the matter. Let us know how you like the format! ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://www.bankless.com/join 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALED ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ❎ ACROSS | BRIDGE TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Across 🏦 ALTO IRA | TAX-FREE CRYPTO https://bankless.cc/AltoIRA 👻 AAVE V3 | LEND & BOR …...more
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Tornado Cash BANNED By OFAC... Is this the War on Crypto?
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department made a smart contract illegal. They can do that?? David walks you through the news, with multiple interviews from Jerry Brito and Collins Belton, two experts in the matter. Let us know how you like the format! ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://www.bankless.com/join 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALED ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ❎ ACROSS | BRIDGE TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Across 🏦 ALTO IRA | TAX-FREE CRYPTO https://bankless.cc/AltoIRA 👻 AAVE V3 | LEND & BORROW CRYPTO https://bankless.cc/aave ⚡️ MAKER DAO | THE DAI STABLECOIN https://bankless.cc/MakerDAO 🦁 BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET https://bankless.cc/Brave ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro Opening Shot: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status... Ripple Effects:   / 1556650759994970113   Neutral Tool: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status... 4:00 What is OFAC? Overview: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issu... Press Release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-... Sec Blinken: https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status... 7:44 What is Tornado Cash? Breakdown: https://blog.chainalysis.com/wp-conte... Treasury Misleading: https://twitter.com/USTreasury/status... Alex Svanevik: https://twitter.com/ASvanevik/status/... 10:20 Using Tornado Cash Neeraj Meme: https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1... Clean ETH2 Addresses: https://twitter.com/econoar/status/15... More Use Cases: https://twitter.com/RezaJafery/status... 12:15 Banning Smart Contracts Coin Center Announcement: https://www.coincenter.org/u-s-treasu... 17:08 Ripple Effects Circle: https://www.theblock.co/post/162172/c... Github: https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1556... Infura & Alchemy:   / 1556933551073153024   20:55 A Ban on Who? Cobie & Gainzy: https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1556... Depositing .1 ETH: https://twitter.com/josephdelong/stat... 23:14 A Chilling Effect Attacking Free Speech: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/s... 25:47 Decentralization Priorities: https://twitter.com/econoar/status/15... ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/b...

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