U.S. citizens and residents are not permitted to utilise the Wasabi Wallet platform, according to its developer, zkSNACKs, which prioritises privacy.
Following recent declarations from US officials, zkSNACKs is now firmly forbidding US customers from utilising its services. Wasabiwallet.io, api.wasabiwallet.io, and zksnacks.com have effective IP address blocking for residents of the United States, the team reported in a blog post.
The post is talking about the arrest of Samourai Wallet’s founders, who are being accused of money laundering.
The Department of Justice accuses Roman Storm, the co-founder of Tornado Cash, and his co-developer Roman Semenov of facilitating over $1 billion in money laundering through their mixing protocol, including allegedly for North Korea’s Lazarus Group. All of this comes after Storm was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and violating sanctions.