Aussie cops bust Chinese-backed exchange linked to crypto laundering
The 'Long River' syndicate is said to have used an Australia-wide remittance company in its AU$228 million cash and crypto laundering scheme.
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The 'Long River' syndicate is said to have used an Australia-wide remittance company in its AU$228 million cash and crypto laundering scheme.
While Justin Sun quickly took to X to discuss the $8 million HTX hack, news of the loss was left to trickle into China through foreign media.
Ant Group has left the crypto chat. The fintech behemoth is selling its $100M stake in A&T Capital and looking to AI instead.
China's contributions to crypto remain enough to move markets, despite consistent crackdowns and assurances from firms.
The crypto scam baited US victims into investing in manipulated crypto and forex trading sites while Chinese students legitimized the scheme.
In May, Chinese Binance users traded $90 billion of assets, accounting for 20% of the exchange's total crypto volume.
Years before this latest Multichain arrest, Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong was jailed for money laundering and operating without a license.
A group of Chinese suspects have confessed to operating a Tether (USDT) money laundering ring across the country, local news reports.
Ethereum has numerous links to China, including a director who built Chinese-language apps and a translation of its whitepaper into Mandarin.
Did SBF, Alameda, and FTX make its cash through the Kimchi Arbitrage? These curious ties to Chinese entities seem to suggest otherwise.