The illicit on-chain money laundering ecosystem has expanded rapidly over the past five years, growing from roughly $10 ...

Crypto laundering grew to more than $82 billion in 2025, with Chinese-language networks emerging as a dominant force, ...

As much as $17 billion in crypto was lost to scams and frauds in 2025, crypto analytics firm Chainalysis said in its latest report. Criminals leaned into impersonation tactics and artificial ...

Crypto money laundering is no longer centred on large, centralised exchanges. Instead, informal Chinese-language networks are playing a growing role in helping criminals move and disguise illicit ...

Chainalysis reveals criminals shifting from exchanges to on-chain laundering, led by Chinese networks and Telegram-based ...

Illicit cryptocurrency money laundering activity climbed to over $82 billion in 2025, marking an eightfold increase from $10 billion in 2020, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The ...

Chainalysis says crypto launderers are moving away from centralized exchanges, while Chinese-language money laundering ...

Cryptocurrency holders lost an estimated $17 billion to scams and fraud in 2025 as impersonation schemes and AI-enabled ...

A new report by Chainalysis finds that AI-enabled crypto scams are more efficient, profitable, and harder to stop.

By Elizabeth Howcroft Jan 27 (Reuters) - Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up ...

Crypto launderers are increasingly avoiding centralized exchanges in favor of sophisticated Chinese-language networks ...