The U.S. Department of Justice, Germany, and Finland have dismantled Garantex, a Russian crypto exchange that facilitated laundering for the illicit crypto ecosystem.| Chainalysis
It’s been a big few weeks for crypto. El Salvador, the world’s biggest state-level crypto enthusiast, has apparently reverse ferreted on its agreement with the International Monetary Fund to stop buying bitcoin. Meanwhile Tether, the world’s biggest stablecoin and favourite of the most tech-savvy money launderers, seems to have finally decided to enforce Western sanctions| Coda Story
The administrators of the Russian Garantex crypto-exchange have been charged in the United States with facilitating money laundering for criminal organizations and violating sanctions.| BleepingComputer