Crypto payments to Chinese companies facilitating US fentanyl epidemic

Elliptic’s Crypto and the Global Fentanyl Trade study shows widespread use of crypto in China for fentanyl precursor transactions.

Fentanyl use is now a leading cause of death in the US for those aged 18 to 49, according to the Department of Justice, and the crisis is growing at an alarming rate. In just a decade, synthetic opioids have come to dominate the market. Senator Elizabeth Warren recently saidproposed a

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