
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Aug. 8 that the country sanctioned Tornado Cash (CRYPTO: TORN), a decentralized application on the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain that allows the anonymous transfer of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC).
The reasoning behind it, as well as how it was executed, has angered the crypto community and may be a precursor of a serious government crackdown on the industry.