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US Treasury redesignates Tornado Cash sanctions, citing North Korea nuclear weapons program

The United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control, or OFAC, has amended the sanctions on cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash in addition to including two individuals involved in “transportation and procurement activities” for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in its list of Specially Designated Nationals.In a Nov. 8

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US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash Sanctions With North Korea WMD Allegations

In a statement, Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson said, "today’s sanctions action targets two key nodes of the DPRK’s weapons programs: its increasing reliance on illicit activities, including cybercrime, to generate revenue, and its ability to procure and transport goods in support of weapons of mass

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Bitcoin Mining Host Compute North Paid Executives $3M on the Day It Declared Bankruptcy

The company paid co-founder and former CEO Dave Perrill $613,000 for payroll and benefits, according to the filing. Former CFO Tad Piper got $541,000 three months after he left the company, President Edward Drake Harvey III and Chief Commercial Officer Kyle Wenzel got about $500,000 each, former Chief Technology Officer

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North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan: Police

Japan’s national police have pinned North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, as the organization behind several years of crypto-related cyber attacks. In the public advisory statement sent out on Oct. 14,  Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) and Financial Services Agency (FSA) sent a warning to the country's crypto-asset businesses, asking them to

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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Invested $31.3M in Bankrupt Data Center Compute North

The miner said, however, that its King Mountain and Wolf Hollow sites aren't directly subject to Compute North’s bankruptcy process. Marathon said it didn’t face any significant impact at its King Mountain site, although there were some delays at Wolf Hollow, unrelated to the bankruptcy process, according to the statement. Source

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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital’s Shares Downgraded After Compute North Files for Bankruptcy Protection – Bitcoin News

Bitcoin mining firm Compute North filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas on Thursday as the crypto winter continues to put pressure on crypto mining operations. The bankruptcy petition filed on September 22, indicates the company looks to stabilize operations in order to repay creditors. Compute North Files for Chapter

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Troubled Data Center Compute North Struggled With Crypto Winter. Then Its Relationship With a Major Lender Soured

In July, the lender asserted several “technical events of default,” which led to taking control of Compute North assets. Generate Capital exercised its voting rights to take over Compute North subsidiary that owned the two bitcoin mining sites the two firms were developing. That included the Wolf Hollow site in

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