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<br>By Tom Wilson<br> <br>LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Criminals are using a small group of cryptocurrency brokers and services to launder hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty virtual money, research shared with Reuters showed on Thursday.<br> <br>Just 270 cryptocurrency addresses,  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market list] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] 2022 many connected to over-the-counter brokers, received $1.3 billion in illicit digital coins last year - some 55% of all criminal crypto flows identified by U.S.<br><br>blockchain researcher Chainalysis.<br> <br>A cryptocurrency address is a set of random letters and  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark markets 2022] numbers that represents a location on a virtual network. Bitcoin, for instance, can be sent from a particular address to others on its network.<br> <br>The illegal use of cryptocurrencies has long worried regulators and  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web markets] markets 2022 law enforcement, with U.S.<br><br>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde both calling for tighter oversight last month.<br> <br>The calls for stricter rules have come as bigger investors, especially from the United States, have stepped up their embrace of bitcoin, turbo-charging a 1,000% rally for the world's biggest cryptocurrency since March last year.<br> <br>Bitcoin hit an all-time high of over $48,200 on Tuesday after Elon Musk's Tesla Inc revealed a $1.5 billion bet on the coin, leading some investors to claim cryptocurrencies were set to become a mainstream asset class.<br> <br>Yet virtual money is subject to patchy regulation across the world, and remains popular with criminals.<br><br>On Wednesday, for instance, European police agency Europol said it assisted in the arrest of hackers suspected of stealing crypto assets worth $100 million.<br> <br>The Chainalysis study website only covered crime that originates on the blockchain ledger that underpins most cryptocurrencies, including scams, cyberheists, ransomware and [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market list] marketplaces used to buy contraband.<br> <br>Also linked to the digital addresses were services connected to cryptocurrency exchanges.<br><br>Some may have received illicit funds inadvertently due to lax compliance checks, the study said.<br> <br>The true scale of money laundering and other crime using cryptocurrencies - for  [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market links] example where criminals use bitcoin to launder traditional cash - is not known.<br> <br>The United States, Russia and China received the highest volume of digital currency from illicit addresses, reflecting their high shares of crypto trading volumes, Chainalysis said.<br><br>(Reporting by Tom Wilson. Editing by Mark Potter)<br>
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−	<br>By Tom Wilson<br> <br>LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Criminals are using a small group of cryptocurrency brokers and services to launder hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty virtual money, research shared with Reuters showed on Thursday.<br> <br>Just 270 cryptocurrency addresses, many connected to over-the-counter brokers, received $1.3 billion in illicit digital coins last year - some 55% of all criminal crypto flows identified by U.S.<br><br>blockchain researcher Chainalysis.<br> <br>A cryptocurrency address is a set of random letters and numbers that represents a location on a virtual network. Bitcoin, ~~[https://mydarkmarket.com dark web market]~~ for instance, can be sent from a particular address to others on its network.<br> <br>The illegal use of cryptocurrencies has long worried regulators and law enforcement, with U.S.<br><br>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde both calling for tighter oversight last month.<br> <br>The calls for stricter rules have come as bigger investors, especially from the United States, have stepped up their embrace of bitcoin, turbo-charging a 1,000% rally for ~~[https://mydarkmarket.com dark market list] markets 2022~~ the world's biggest cryptocurrency since March last year.<br> <br>Bitcoin hit an all-time high of over $48,200 on Tuesday after Elon Musk's Tesla Inc revealed a $1.5 billion bet on the coin, leading some investors to claim cryptocurrencies were set to become a mainstream asset class.<br> <br>Yet virtual money is subject to patchy regulation across the world, and remains popular with criminals.<br><br>On Wednesday, for instance, European police agency Europol said it assisted in the arrest of hackers suspected of stealing crypto assets worth $100 million.<br> <br>The Chainalysis study website only covered crime that originates on the blockchain ledger that underpins most cryptocurrencies, including scams, ~~best [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] markets~~ cyberheists, ransomware and [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market ~~links~~] marketplaces used to buy contraband.<br> <br>Also linked to the digital addresses were services connected to cryptocurrency exchanges.<br><br>Some may have received illicit funds inadvertently due to lax compliance checks, the study said.<br> <br>The true scale of money laundering and other crime using cryptocurrencies - for example where criminals use bitcoin to launder traditional cash - is not known.<br> <br>The United States, Russia and China received the highest volume of digital currency from illicit addresses, reflecting their high shares of crypto trading volumes, Chainalysis said.<br><br>(Reporting by Tom Wilson. Editing by Mark Potter)<br>	+	<br>By Tom Wilson<br> <br>LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Criminals are using a small group of cryptocurrency brokers and services to launder hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty virtual money, research shared with Reuters showed on Thursday.<br> <br>Just 270 cryptocurrency addresses, [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market list] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] 2022 many connected to over-the-counter brokers, received $1.3 billion in illicit digital coins last year - some 55% of all criminal crypto flows identified by U.S.<br><br>blockchain researcher Chainalysis.<br> <br>A cryptocurrency address is a set of random letters and [https://mydarkmarket.com dark markets 2022] numbers that represents a location on a virtual network. Bitcoin, for instance, can be sent from a particular address to others on its network.<br> <br>The illegal use of cryptocurrencies has long worried regulators and [https://mydarkmarket.com dark web markets] markets 2022 law enforcement, with U.S.<br><br>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde both calling for tighter oversight last month.<br> <br>The calls for stricter rules have come as bigger investors, especially from the United States, have stepped up their embrace of bitcoin, turbo-charging a 1,000% rally for the world's biggest cryptocurrency since March last year.<br> <br>Bitcoin hit an all-time high of over $48,200 on Tuesday after Elon Musk's Tesla Inc revealed a $1.5 billion bet on the coin, leading some investors to claim cryptocurrencies were set to become a mainstream asset class.<br> <br>Yet virtual money is subject to patchy regulation across the world, and remains popular with criminals.<br><br>On Wednesday, for instance, European police agency Europol said it assisted in the arrest of hackers suspected of stealing crypto assets worth $100 million.<br> <br>The Chainalysis study website only covered crime that originates on the blockchain ledger that underpins most cryptocurrencies, including scams, cyberheists, ransomware and [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market list] marketplaces used to buy contraband.<br> <br>Also linked to the digital addresses were services connected to cryptocurrency exchanges.<br><br>Some may have received illicit funds inadvertently due to lax compliance checks, the study said.<br> <br>The true scale of money laundering and other crime using cryptocurrencies - for [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market links] example where criminals use bitcoin to launder traditional cash - is not known.<br> <br>The United States, Russia and China received the highest volume of digital currency from illicit addresses, reflecting their high shares of crypto trading volumes, Chainalysis said.<br><br>(Reporting by Tom Wilson. Editing by Mark Potter)<br>