Coinbase is Funding a Lawsuit Challenging the U.S. Treasury Department’s Sanctions of Tornado Cash

• Tornado Cash is an open source piece of software running on the Ethereum blockchain that preserves privacy by allowing users to deposit assets from one crypto address and withdraw them using a different crypto address.
• The problem here is twofold: (1) there are legitimate applications for this type of technology and as a result of these sanctions, many innocent users now have their funds trapped and have lost access to a critical privacy tool, and (2) we believe the Treasury exceeded its authority, given by Congress, by sanctioning a technology.

https://blog.coinbase.com/defending-privacy-in-crypto-e09db33dece8
archive: https://archive.ph/3B8Z1