US Appeals Court Ends Coin Center’s Fight Over Tornado Cash

- US Court dismisses Coin Center's challenge to Tornado Cash sanctions. - Case moot after Treasury dropped Tornado Cash from sanctions list. On July 7, 2025, TradingView and The Block reported that the US Court of Appeals dismissed Coin Center’s legal challenge to the Treasury Department’s sanctions on Tornado Cash, concluding the advocacy group's fight against the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over sanctions imposed on the cryptocurrency mixer in 2022. The dismissal followed a joint motion from Coin Center and the Treasury Department, which argued the case was “moot” because OFAC removed Tornado Cash from its sanctions list in March. On July 7, Coin Center’s executive director, Peter Van Valkenburgh, wrote in a company blog post that this marked "the official end to our court battle over the statutory authority behind the [Tornado Cash] sanctions." He also criticized OFAC’s interpretation of sanctions laws as "dangerously overbroad," noting that the government chose not to pursue the issue further. Despite this case's conclusion, Tornado Cash continues to face legal scrutiny. For instance, co-founder Roman Storm is scheduled to stand trial on July 14 in New York on charges of money laundering and conspiracy. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, a court recently convicted another co-founder, Alexey Pertsev, of money laundering, sentencing him to over 5 years in prison. A third co-founder, Roman Semenov, remains at large. The court’s decision briefly impacted the market, as Tornado Cash’s native token, TORN, saw a surge in the immediate aftermath. According to CoinMarketCap, TORN was trading at $7.23 as of 16:00 UTC on July 7, with its 24-hour trading volume up 4.8%.