Privacy when using bitcoin is one of the most discussed topics. Bitcoin cannot be considered anonymous because every transaction is recorded in the blockchain forever. Numerous studies have been condu...
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SpankChain founder teases Tornado Cash ‘sequel’
Ameen Soleimani, the co-founder of SpankChain and Reflex Labs, has teased a revival of sorts for the controversial Ethereum transaction mixer, Tornado Cash. Soleimani’s tweet indicated the...
Why Proof of Innocence Won’t Work for US Tornado Cash Users
Web3 venture builder Chainway recently announced a tool that would interest Tornado Cash users — a tool that would provide data supposedly showing their funds are from a legitimate source. At is...
Crypto Mixers – The Complete Guide to Anonymous Bitcoin Transactions
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are becoming increasingly popular due to their decentralized nature and ability to operate at low costs. However, since these transactions use a pseudonym system, anyone ...
Understanding the benefits of cryptocurrency mixers
Cryptocurrency mixers have become increasingly popular to keep digital currencies anonymous and secure. These services can help users obscure their transactions by utilizing special algorithms, making...
Alameda-Linked Funds on the Move Again via Coin Mixers
Wallets linked to Alameda Research, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed trading firm, continue to shuffle around crypto funds and are using coin mixers to obscure transactions, blockchain analys...
Alameda wallets funnel over $1.7M via crypto mixers overnight
30 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Alameda Research, the bankrupt sister company of crypto exchange FTX, became active on Dec. 28 following four weeks of inactivity. These wallets swapped and mixed o...
Data shows Alameda Research swapping altcoins for bitcoin (BTC) using mixers
Alameda Research, the bankrupt crypto trading firm, has been swapping Ethereum-based digital assets for bitcoin (BTC). According to the on-chain analyst Miles Deutscher, Alameda Research’s wallets are...
The murky world of cryptocurrency mixers
Cryptocurrency mixing services are a divisive subject in the industry. Some advocate for the privacy-enabling features of these protocols while others maintain that they are mainly used for illicit me...
What is the future for cryptocurrency mixers?
Tornado Cash has returned to the software hosting website GitHub TornPrice at the time of writing – $5.54 Cash was slapped with sanctions by the U.S. Treasury back in August In the midst of a flurry o...
Feds Lost Millions in Bitcoin Acquired From Criminal Investigations of Helix Mixers – crypto.news
Recent reports indicate that over $5 million worth of crypto tokens were stolen from a storage device held by the Feds. According to Bloomberg’s reports, the Feds acquired this amount from criminal in...
Leaked EU Docs Warn Members to Clamp Down on Crypto Mixers
EU regulators are warning member states that the European Banking Authority will clamp down on crypto mixers and other privacy-preserving technologies Crypto asset service providers would be required ...
US Treasury official says crypto mixers are a ‘concern’ in enforcing sanctions
Elizabeth Rosenberg, the assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes at the United States Department of the Treasury, suggested sanctioning cryptocurrency mixers could help streng...
Treasury Official Insists Crypto Mixers Can Obstruct Russian Sanctions
Russia is reportedly drafting crypto regulations after international restrictions The Treasury has identified more than 20 Russian entities attempting to evade sanctions using crypto Imposing sanction...
Sanctions against crypto mixers can deter financial crimes
Sanctions against cryptocurrency mixers like Tornado Cash can strengthen the United States’ sanctions regime against Russia and other illicit actors, and can serve as a deterrent to criminals that wou...
How Bitcoin Mixers Create False Sentiments for Crypto Traders – crypto.news
For a fact, cryptocurrencies are considered to be the most secure systems, grounded by the peer-to-peer network and blockchain technology. Regardless of transactions being secure, it doesn’t mean they...
Sanctioned Mixers Used to Launder Axie Infinity Funds, Reveals SlowMist Researcher
Following the $620 million attack on Axie Infinity’s Ronin sidechain, one researcher has traced fund flows to sanctioned crypto mixers. The attackers used hacked private keys to make ETH and USDC with...
Ronin hackers transferred stolen funds from ETH to BTC and used sanctioned mixers
The hackers behind the $625 million Ronin bridge attack in March have since transferred most of their funds from ETH into BTC using renBTC and Bitcoin privacy tools Blender and ChipMixer. The hacker’...
Crypto Mixers and Privacy Coins: Can They Resist Censorship?
People across Twitter are protesting sanctions by making resistance art out of the banned addresses This renewed interest has inspired creative solutions that use privacy coins to provide a base-layer...
Crypto Mixers Are Seeing Their Biggest Year in 2022
Mixers within the crypto community are experiencing huge booms in business despite the crypto space crashing like it never has before. Mixers Have Been Quite Active Mixers are individuals or businesse...
Panamanian Regulator May ‘Swing the Axe’ after Bitcoin-friendly Bank Restricts Using Crypto Mixers
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What Are Coin Mixers and How Do They Work?
In brief Privacy advocates call coin mixers a necessary tool for protecting anonymity. Government officials call coin mixers tools for money laundering. Billions in crypto have changed hands using coi...
US vows to ‘aggressively pursue’ crypto mixers following Tornado Cash sanctions
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned that the administration would continue to “aggressively pursue” crypto mixers suspected of laundering illicit funds. We’ll continue to aggressively pursu...
Privacy Coins, Mixers and Anonymity To Be Slowly Eliminated From Crypto by Upcoming Regulations: Coin Bureau
A popular analyst known for his deep-dive research is weighing in on what the next round of regulations might mean for the crypto industry. In a YouTube update, pseudonymous Coin Bureau host Guy tells...
Use of Crypto Mixers Reaches ATH in 2022: Chainalysis Report
Blockchain analysis firm, Chainalysis has released a report on the doubled use of crypto mixers this year with illicit addresses responsible for about 10% of the total usage. Based on the report, even...
Crypto Mixers Usage From Cybercriminals Sees All-Time High: Chainalysis
Attacks on DeFi platforms, crypto exchanges and related websites have become somewhat of a constant fixture in the past couple of years. When using a mixer, the user pools his tokens with those of oth...
Bitcoin Mixers Are Busier Than Ever in 2022: Chainalysis
While privacy advocates tout cryptocurrency mixers as an important way to protect individual users’ identities, a new report from blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis says that the largest portion...
Crypto mixers’ popularity booms as illicit addresses push volumes to ATH: Report
As on-chain activities slow down during the crypto winter, usage of cryptocurrency mixers has doubled in 2022, with addresses classified as “illicit” being the top contributor. Cryptocurrency mixers,...
Demand for Crypto Mixers Hits ATH, Illicit Address Activities Draws Majority
The rising use of mixers in the crypto space draws public attention. Criminals and their illicit activities are being accused of involving in this situation, according to Chainalysis. The blockchain ...
Illicit Crypto Moving to Mixers on Pace to Double in 2022
Illicit addresses account for 23% of funds sent to mixers so far in 2022, up from 12% in 2021 Groups associated with the North Korean government are sending about half of the funds going to mixers Mor...