Does anyone happen to know if it is settled law in the United States that transferring bitcoins using a cracked key is a criminal act? It’s not immediately obvious to me that it would be covered by the CFAA.
> the legal tender of the United States or of any foreign country, or any counterfeit thereof
Bitcoin has, at times, met this standard by being the legal tender of a foreign country.
Something doesn’t have to be money to be involved in money laundering, obviously.
In fact, the U.S. has prosecuted and convicted people for money laundering simply for operating the bitcoin mixing service, which is clearly just bitcoins in and bitcoins out.
Every participant knows and accepts it the moment they pull a random key and start operating the corresponding wallet.