The darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service ChipMixer has been shut down in a coordinated international operation, the US DOJ has announced. The service is said to have laundered more than $3bn worth of cryptocurrency since 2017, with funds used to fuel activities such as ransomware attacks, darknet market activity, fraud,
The takedown
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