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by acdha 1283 days ago
Yes, this has been covered extensively. Money laundering is a crime primarily committed to cover up other crimes. It’s “victimless” in the sense that driving the get away car or fencing stolen goods is – and if you remember the example I gave earlier of ransomware, there are categories of crime which would not be committed if non-KYC cryptocurrencies didn’t exist because they would not be cost-effective.