The Aave DeFi protocol blocked access to the platform of Tron Foundation founder Justin Sun’s wallet after receiving 0.1 ETH from an anonymous user of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer.
I’ve been officially blocked by @AaveAave since someone randomly sent 0.1 eth @TornadoNakit for me. @StaniKulechov pic.twitter.com/tNXNLNYZha
– HE Justin Sun๐๐ฌ๐ฉ (@justinsuntron) 13 August 2022
After adding Tornado Cash to the sanctions list OFAC An unknown user of the service sent 0.1 ETH to popular representatives of the crypto industry.
In addition to Justin Sun, the list of buyers includes Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, EthHub co-founder Anthony Sassano, crypto trader Loomdart, TV host Jimmy Fallon, YouTube blogger Logan Paul, and CEO Meta’s sister Randy Zuckerberg.
The Aave team explained that the analytical tools of TRM Labs are integrated into the protocol and the blocking occurs automatically. According to the developers, the problem has already been solved.
The 2/8 TRM API risk parameters identify all wallets that interact with Tornado Cash contracts after sanctions, even “dusty” self-storage wallets. Owners of these wallets may experience access issues to the Aave IPFS frontend.
โ Aave (@AaveAave) 13 August 2022
Circle previously blacklisted USDC Tornado Cash wallet addresses after sanctions. Infura and Alchemy infrastructure platforms have limited RPC requests to the service.
Decentralized derivatives exchange dYdX has suspended user accounts that previously interacted with the mixer.
Recall that the Dutch law enforcement authorities arrested the alleged developer of Tornado Cash. According to media reports, we are talking about the co-founder of the service, Alexey Pertsev.
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