The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash in 2022, but the sanctions were lifted in March 2025 following a court decision that ruled immutable smart contract code is not property—a finding that supports Roman Storm’s legal defense

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A March 2025 court decision in Texas that overturned Treasury sanctions against Tornado Cash and its smart contracts supports Storm by saying that code that cannot be altered is not property.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Tornado Cash in 2022, but the sanction was lifted in March of this year.