Morning Edition · Thursday, July 16, 2026Published at 1:28 AM EDT · New York
China Moves to Treat Crypto Mixer Use as Evidence of Money Laundering
Chinese prosecutors' proposals and a United Kingdom push to train judges on crypto cases mark a widening state effort to uncover the identities behind on-chain activity, deepening demand for cryptographic privacy.
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has published proposals that would make crypto-related money laundering easier to prosecute, including treating the use of mixers and privacy tools as evidence in laundering cases. The framing would sh…
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State Surveillance Drives Demand for Cryptographic Privacy
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