The legal battle between the Treasury Department and Coin Center concludes with the lifting of sanctions imposed in 2022.
According to Bloomberg Law, a U.S. Court of Appeals has granted a joint motion to dismiss the case between the Treasury Department and the nonprofit organization Coin Center regarding the sanctions imposed by the government agency against the Tornado Cash mixer.
In a court filing submitted last week, the Clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit announced that the motion had been accepted, officially ending the legal dispute between the two parties.
In a post on X, Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director of Coin Center, stated:
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had sanctioned Tornado Cash in August 2022, effectively preventing individuals and businesses operating in the United States from engaging in financial transactions with the platform. A U.S. federal appeals court later ruled that the department had overstepped its authority in doing so. The Treasury subsequently removed the sanctions against the mixer this past March.
In the joint motion filed last week, the government argued that the removal of the sanctions “renders this appeal moot.”
“The government’s view is that OFAC’s rescission of the designation moots this appeal. Plaintiffs’ view is that this appeal will become moot after the Texas judgment becomes final and unappealable,” they said.
However, the criminal trial against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, conducted by the Southern District of New York (SDNY), remains scheduled for July 14, 2025.
