US Entities Blocked from Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Wasabi: Details

Wasabi Wallet creator zkSNACKs imposes an indefinite ban on U.S. users.zkSNACKs cited regulatory concerns but offered no specifics on the matter. The move follows recent arrests of founders of similar services by U.S. authorities. zkSNACKs, the company responsible for the privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet Wasabi Wallet, has declared an indefinite ban on users from the United […]

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US Entities Blocked from Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Wasabi: Details

  • Wasabi Wallet creator zkSNACKs imposes an indefinite ban on U.S.
  • users.zkSNACKs cited regulatory concerns but offered no specifics on the matter.
  • The move follows recent arrests of founders of similar services by U.S. authorities.

zkSNACKs, the company responsible for the privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet Wasabi Wallet, has declared an indefinite ban on users from the United States accessing its product. The zkSNACKs team communicated this development in an official statement dated April 27 on its website.



As per the recent notification, zkSNACKs has implemented an immediate and indefinite block on U.S. citizens and residents from accessing its websites. The ban extends to downloading and utilizing Wasabi Wallet and any associated products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.

However, zkSNACKs provided no specific details influencing its new decision against U.S. entities. The report only stated that the decision was “in light of recent announcements by U.S. authorities.” 

Accordingly, zkSNACKs has implemented IP address blocking against U.S. entities on wasabiwallet.io, api.wasabiwa…

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