There are five risks in the use of Bitcoin:
- The risk of Money laundering
Bitcoin has the characteristics of anonymity and freedom from geographical restrictions. The flow of funds is difficult to monitor, and it will be very easy to circumvent government supervision, making it easy for criminals to conceal the source and direction of their funds, which provides convenience for money laundering, terrorist financing and evasion of sanctions .
They buy other people’s bitcoins through the exchange platform, and then bring the bitcoins to other platforms or their own wallets. Through multiple transfers, the tracking path is difficult or directly impossible to trace, and then through overseas trading platforms or black markets or directly Commodities purchased overseas are exchanged for foreign currency to complete a series of acts such as money laundering.