Large addresses related to various criminal activities now hold $25 billion worth of digital funds
. Criminal whales represent almost 4% of all crypto whales. The aforementioned addresses are somehow related to such activities as money laundering, drug dealing and terrorism.
In 2021, the illegal activity in the cryptocurrency industry has increased gradually as more private funds started flowing into the industry. But with the increased activity of criminal elements in crypto, law enforcement has discovered a new way of seizing digital assets from criminals. According to the analytics firm, in 2021, IRS-CI seized over $3.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency from wallets that were marked as related to criminal activities.
The most recent and, most likely the biggest, one-time exemption of digital assets was related to a pair of criminals that were either conducted or related to the Bitfinex hack in 2016. Access to private keys was obtained through cloud storage services thatAccording to ChainAnalysis, the majority of"criminal wallets" are related to stolen funds and darknet markets.
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