A Texas judge ruled that Tornado Cash cannot be sanctioned again.

[A U.S. Texas judge ruled that Tornado Cash cannot be sanctioned again] The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas made a final ruling, determining that the sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against Tornado Cash were illegal, and permanently prohibited them from sanctioning the mixer. This marks the conclusion of a two-year legal dispute with a victory for the privacy protocol party. Court documents show that although OFAC proactively removed Tornado Cash from the sanctions list in March 2024, Judge Robert Pitman pointed out that it retains the intention to reinstate sanctions in the future, emphasizing that “the ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals must be enforced.” The six plaintiff attorneys in this case had accused OFAC of attempting to evade judicial review through technical maneuvers. It is worth noting that Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov still face criminal charges from the U.S. Department of Justice, and the latter remains on the OFAC sanctions list. This ruling is only against the protocol itself and does not involve legal proceedings against the developers.