Vitalik Buterin endorses one of North Korea’s favorite coin mixers, Railgun

Vitalik Buterin Prompts Debate with 100ETH Railgun Deposit

Members of the crypto community on X are abuzz with speculation about Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's recent deposit of $330K worth of crypto into Railgun's privacy protocol.

6 questions to understand the privacy protocol RAILGUN used and liked by Vitalik

Vitalik transferred 100 ETH to the privacy protocol RAILGUN, and then tweeted again to like RAILGUN, saying that privacy is normal and Railgun uses a privacy pool protocol, which makes it more difficult for bad actors to join the pool without compromising user privacy.

Abraxas Darknet Moves Nearly 4,800 BTC into Bitcoin Mixer

Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT has unveiled that an entity conducted a sizable transfer, about 4,800 BTC, from the depths of the Abraxas darknet market to a Bitcoin mixer.

Atomic Wallet Hacker Moves Stolen Funds Via Crypto Mixer Sinbad.io

Atomic Wallet has joined the growing list of hack incidents in crypto and DeFi protocols this year. 

Europol Cracks Down on Another Coin Mixer, Seizes $47M in Bitcoin

The operation is being touted as one of the largest seizure of cryptocurrency assets by the BKA till date.

Treasury Official: Sanctions Against Crypto Mixers Can Deter Financial Crimes

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ripped cryptocurrency mixers during the hearing, saying the industry has downplayed and lied about negative impacts of the technology.

FTX blocks Aztec Network privacy DApp, calling it a ‘high risk’ mixer

Some users took to Twitter to bemoan what some are calling a continuing attack on privacy in the wake of the U.S. Treasury Dept.’s action against Tornado Cash.

Controversial mixer Tornado Cash open-sources UI code

The privacy-focused mixer has been at the center of several DeFi exploits over the past year as users attempted to obfuscate the trail of stolen funds.

Harmony hacker sends stolen funds to Tornado Cash mixer

The exploiter seems to have rejected the Harmony team’s bounty offer of $1 million to return the $100 million stolen from the Horizon Bridge token bridge.

A First For Crypto, U.S. Treasury Sanctions Mixer Blender IO