Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance
by yunohn on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:49AM
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CEX collapses don’t result in the destruction of the coins they hold. It’s usually due to a hack/theft or greedy/risky investments of customer funds.
Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance
by jimmydorry on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:52AM
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Practically speaking, coins proven stolen from a CEX are "blacklisted" on most of the other exchanges where crypto interfaces with fiat. If you happen to come into possession of coins that originated from a "blacklisted" address, you will have to prove that you obtained them legally.
So yes... a majority of stolen coins are for all intents and purposes, "burnt". Will the major exchanges care about coins stolen from a CEX 10 years ago? Probably not, but I guess we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
Of course, it is possible to "tumble" these coins, but it's an arms race between criminals and chain analysis, and while they can evade the analysts in the short-term, the crime is recorded in a distributed ledger for eternity allowing near unlimited opportunity for future review.
I hear this repeated often. Very short term, sure. But long term, shouldn't your slice of magical internet money pot be worth more simply because there's now less of it in total?