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>The Met's economic crime command made the seizure after following up intelligence received about the transfer of criminal assets.

Are there any numbers on how much of cryptocurrency is probably illegitimate?

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According to chainanalysis, about 0.34% of crypto transfers in 2020 were for crime if that's what you mean by illegitimate [1].

1: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-crypto-crime-repor...

Yeah, just curious how much is for crime. That’s not that much (thought it might have been higher)

Using a transparent, public, mathematically provable correct, ledger to store your drug-laundering and income: who ever thought this would be a good idea?

Bitcoin only ever was pseudonymous, which is only anonymous if you manage to disconnect each link between with the real world and your bitcoin pseudonyms/addresses. For ever.

That is a lot of hard work, when for example a £20 bill works so much easier.

"The detectives on this case have worked tirelessly and meticulously to trace millions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency suspected of being linked to criminality"

sounds like they don't have anything more than a vague suspicion, at least that they are willing to speak publicly about.

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