A Quick Guide from the Basel Institute on Governance considers what sort of crimes involve cryptocurrencies. It says that blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies theoretically makes it easier for financial investigators to “follow the trail of the money” but what is tricky in all cases is attribution: linking transactions and addresses to real people in the real world.
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