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As BTC Continues to Soar Finland Wants to Cash in on Bitcoins Seized in 2016

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Finland’s customs officials have revealed plans to sell 1,981 bitcoins that were seized mainly in connection with drug trafficking-related criminal investigations. The majority of the confiscated bitcoins (1,666) are from the Douppikauppa case, the darknet operator who was arrested in 2016. To Sell or to Destroy the Coins According to a report by one Finnish … Read more

Ciphertrace Files 2 Patents for Systems to Identify Criminal Monero Transactions

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Cryptocurrency intelligence firm Ciphertrace has filed two patent applications for tools and systems to trace monero transactions. The company aims to enable the detection of criminal uses of privacy coins like monero. Monero Tracing Patents Blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency intelligence firm Ciphertrace announced Friday that it has filed two monero tracing patents. One patent is … Read more