Treasury Department Issues First Sanctions Against Cryptocurrency Mixer

The Treasury Department issued its first sanctions against a cryptocurrency mixer, a service that pools digital assets to obscure their owners, as it continues its pursuit of more than $600 million that North Korean hackers stole from the Axie Infinity video game. The move targets a mixer called Blender. The hackers have used it to process more than $20 million of their haul since their March attack on the game, Treasury said.