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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by antpls on Monday September 09, 2019 @02:17PM (#20920765)
> Anti-money laundering processes cost money and many of the crypto-currencies ignore this for now / pass the problem to the fiat ⇆ crypto exchange operators.

As I understood, traceability is included by-design in Bitcoin. Maybe you didn't see the other comments, but all the bitcoins of this wallet can be traced back to one or several entities. All history of all transactions is available to everyone, so could you explain what do you mean by "ignored"?

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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by sam0x17 on Monday September 09, 2019 @02:25PM (#20920853)
Not if they used a tumbler for years to accrue that sum
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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by ses1984 on Monday September 09, 2019 @02:28PM (#20920877)
The they likely would have lost enormous amounts in tumbling fees.
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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by sam0x17 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:23AM (#20925244)
Not if they own the tumbler. In fact, it would make a lot of sense if this was some tumbler or online gambling site owner.
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Re:94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to u... by ses1984 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:32AM (#20925288)
I doubt if you ran a tumbler you would choose to execute this transaction.
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