I don't care how decentralized your protocol is—if most of the volume is just stolen funds being laundered, you haven’t built utility. You’ve built a playground for thieves.

Update: So far $7M+ has been frozen with the help of Cryptoforensic Investigators, tanuki42, Binance Security team, and myself.

This is the conference panel/talk/conversation that needs to happen: Cypherpunks can oppose money laundering and bootlicking. In fact, I think it is necessary for the survival of the cryptoecosystem.

Got laid off from my job at eXch today. I was the guy whose job it was to post rants about LE and blockchain analysis companies on Bitcointalk. If anybody knows about any roles that involve posting written confessions to money laundering on social media, plz let me know.

FIOD and BKA have taken down eXch, who was a key player in laundering stolen crypto assets. This wasn’t just any service, it was a central hub for moving illicit funds. zeroShadow is proud to have contributed to this operation and to showcase what’s possible when defenders

I've spoken to >20 companies in the last month about hiring these guys - some of which are major players in the space. If you think this is never going to affect you, it likely already does. Read this thread, be aware, and please for the love of god, meet your co-founders IRL.

**New article:** Tracking an ongoing account takeover involving a DPRK IT worker in a known rugpull protocol (that's a handful). Summary: 1) A known rug-pull protocol (Waves 🌊) has been compromised by a potential DPRK operative who took over a former developer's account