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Into the storm: The murky world of cryptocurrency mixers
A handful of obfuscation protocols are competing for the user base of OFAC-sanctioned Tornado Cash.
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Illicit cross-chain transfers expected to grow to $10B: Here’s how to prevent them
Forecasts predict cryptocurrency criminals laundering more than $10 billion through cross-chain bridges by 2025, leading to calls for holistic screening solutions.
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Prospects Don’t Look so Hot for Sam Bankman-Fried’s Invitation-Only Crypto Bahamas Event
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Terrorists are funding their horrible deeds with crypto: UN officials
Cash and hawala remain the “predominant methods of terror financing,” according to a UN official, however, “advanced” terror organizations are turning to cryptocurrencies.
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‘New frontier’ of crypto laundering involves cross-chain bridges and DEXs: Elliptic
Curve, Uniswap, 1inch, and the Ren bridge were the top platforms of choice for laundering illicit crypto, according to Elliptic.
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More than $100M worth of NFTs stolen since 2021 — Elliptic
The firm reported that although the market downturn had caused the value of NFTs to “slump”, scammers stole an estimated 4,647 of the tokens in July 2022.
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Cross-chain bridge RenBridge laundered $540M in hacking proceeds: Elliptic
The blockchain forensics firm said cross-chain bridges provide an “unregulated alternative” to exchanges for transferring value between blockchains.
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Curve Finance exploit: Experts dissect what went wrong
Attackers that hijacked Curve Finance’s landing page moved quickly to convert stolen funds to various tokens through different exchanges, wallets and mixers.
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Onchain Analysis Report Says Terra’s Bitcoin Reserves Were Sent to Binance and Gemini
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