<story><title>How Dirty Money Disappears into the Black Hole of Cryptocurrency</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-dirty-money-disappears-into-the-black-hole-of-cryptocurrency-1538149743</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>seibelj</author><text>Meanwhile, a fully-regulated and ostensibly compliant EU bank in Denmark laundered $233 billion through a single bank branch [0].&lt;p&gt;I would argue that crypto is actually an investigator&amp;#x27;s dream, as you can trace transactions instantly through the blockchain without needing to follow the money in multiple jurisdictions, faxes, waiting periods, cooperating with other law enforcement, etc. etc.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;ceo-denmark-bank-quits-amid-an-alleged-billion-money-laundering-investigation&amp;#x2F;?noredirect=on&amp;amp;utm_term=.fcf63e625508&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;ceo-denma...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How Dirty Money Disappears into the Black Hole of Cryptocurrency</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-dirty-money-disappears-into-the-black-hole-of-cryptocurrency-1538149743</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rrggrr</author><text>Please... the metals markets, where holdings can be reconstituted, aggregated, faked and leveraged is the undisputed champion for big time laundering. Two favorite examples:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;qz.com&amp;#x2F;216059&amp;#x2F;chinas-investigation-into-missing-metal-could-spark-a-much-bigger-crisis&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;qz.com&amp;#x2F;216059&amp;#x2F;chinas-investigation-into-missing-meta...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.miamiherald.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;local&amp;#x2F;article195552089.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.miamiherald.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;local&amp;#x2F;article195552089.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>