Crypto crime’s overall impact set to fall even further in 2022: Chainalysis
“Cash is still king when it comes to illicit finance, and that is not likely to change,” says Chainalysis researcher Kim Grauer. The coming year is likely to see crypto related crime reduce to an ever smaller share of the overall industry as law enforcement takes greater advantage of the transparency provided by blockchain technology, says Kim Grauer, Director of Research at Chainalysis. According to a January 6 report from Chainalysis, the growth of legitimate cryptocurrency usage is “far outpacing the growth of criminal usage.” The share of cryptocurrency transaction volume associated....
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It’s safe to say that resident Obama’s press secretary will not openly admit where the White House stands on the issue of Bitcoin use in the newly acquired Russian sovereign territory, Crimea. Not a word from the “official” fiat issuers either. My guess is it might be because the Kremlin, too, shares the same attitude to the currency of the future. If anything could add fuel to the fire; it would be an open discussion on the most important, and least discussed, change underway in Crimea – the fiat currency change. And this change is perfectly emblematic of a point Bitcoin proponents have....
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