Bitcoin-Tracking System Used by Danish Police To Make Drug Traffickers Arrests
The recent news that the Danish police have become the first in the world to hunt down Internet drug traffickers by analyzing related transactions is, in a way, a positive for the image of the top digital currency in the world, Bitcoin. With its latest rise to an all-time high in several markets, there is a tendency for the cryptocurrency to attract more users. Some of them use Bitcoin for criminal purposes, so the recent arrest in Denmark is a good move for the image of the currency. Not to demonstrate that it can be controlled by the police in any country but to show that it is possible....
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