Crime is not the only use case for crypto. But reading the 2025 Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report, it appears to be one that is booming.
As its authors note, crime existed before the advent of cryptocurrencies. However:
Historically, tracing these financial relationships required infiltrating closed networks, navigating opaque banking systems, or relying on siloed intelligence. Now, blockchain transactions provide a clear record of payments between cartel-linked wallets and international suppliers, revealing not just individual transactions, but the broader financial infrastructure that sustains this fatal trade.
Yay the blockchain!
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