Quote from: bbc.reporter on January 16, 2020, 01:45:23 AM

I thought that this might be good job on investigative journalism and a confirmation of the theory that exchanges are part of a global money laundering ring. However, again, when I read where this report was based from, the skeptical me thought that this was only another paid for advertisment from the corrupt world of bitcoin news media as usual.

https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/money-laundering-cryptocurrency-2019

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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said Wednesday that it traced $2.8 billion in Bitcoin being sent by criminals to crypto exchanges in 2019, with the bulk of those transactions going to Binance and Huobi.

"While exchanges have always been a popular off-ramp for illicit cryptocurrency,...

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"Overall, just over 300,000 individual accounts at Binance and Huobi received Bitcoin from criminal sources in 2019," Chainalysis noted.

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Read in full https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/53138/chainalysis-traced-2-8-billion-in-bitcoin-being-sent-to-crypto-exchanges-by-criminals-last-year

$2.8 billion looks huge, but keep in mind on a Global scale involving hundreds of players it is just a few drops in the big-time financial bucket.