Coinbase Chief Legal Officer: Americans could legally use Tornado Cash, but were deprived of privacy rights due to government violations

According to CoinVoice, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal posted on X, stating: 'Just days before the Fifth Circuit ruled that the OFAC sanctions against the code were unlawful, some in Congress raised a series of questions about how the code was being used despite the sanctions. Now they will turn around and ask an obvious question: How many Americans could legally use Tornado Cash, but have been deprived of their privacy rights due to their government violating the law?'

Recently, it has been reported that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Treasury Department's sanctions against Tornado Cash smart contracts were illegal. [Original link]