Krypto-Space: Only a tiny part in connection with illegal transactions

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Die Behauptung, dass Bitcoin das Geld für illegale Geschäfte im Darknet sei, hat sich nach und nach gelöst. Dennoch tauchen gelegentlich Berichte in den Medien auf, die behaupten, dass Kryptowährungen nur für kriminelle Aktivitäten genutzt werden. Dabei sind die meisten Blockchains sehr transparent und für jeden einsehbar. Im Gegensatz dazu sind Bargeldzahlungen deutlich diskreter. Auch im Krypto-Space gibt es kriminelle Akteure. Die Blockchain-Forensiker von Chainalysis konnten beispielsweise im Jahr 2022 20,6 Milliarden US-Dollar an illegalen Transaktionen finden. Großteils handelte es sich um gestohlene Kryptowährungen, Betrugsfälle und umgangene Sanktionen. Insbesondere Letzteres machte 43 Prozent (8,8 Milliarden US-Dollar) des illegalen Transaktionsvolumens von …
The claim that Bitcoin is the money for illegal business in the Darknet has gradually resolved. Nevertheless, reports occasionally appear in the media that claim that cryptocurrencies are only used for criminal activities. Most blockchains are very transparent and can be viewed for everyone. In contrast, cash payments are much discredited. There are criminal actors in the crypto space too. The Chainalysis blockchain forensicists, for example, were able to find $ 20.6 billion in illegal transactions in 2022. Most of them were stolen cryptocurrencies, fraud cases and circumventing sanctions. The latter in particular made 43 percent ($ 8.8 billion) of the illegal transaction volume of ... (Symbolbild/KNAT)

The claim that Bitcoin is the money for illegal business in the Darknet has gradually resolved. Nevertheless, reports occasionally appear in the media that claim that cryptocurrencies are only used for criminal activities. Most blockchains are very transparent and can be viewed for everyone. In contrast, cash payments are much discredited.

There are criminal actors in the crypto space. The Chainalysis blockchain forensicists, for example, were able to find $ 20.6 billion in illegal transactions in 2022. Most of them were stolen cryptocurrencies, fraud cases and circumventing sanctions. The latter in particular accounted for 43 percent ($ 8.8 billion) of the illegal transaction volume of 2022. This was a reaction to measures that the political West imposed on Russia as a result of the attack on Ukraine.

Nevertheless, Chainalysis estimates that the proportion of illegal cryptocurrency activities in 2022 is only 0.24 percent.

In Germany, the fight against cybercrime has fallen into the area of ​​responsibility of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). In 2020, the Cybercrime department was set up, which deals primarily with crimes that are directed against the Internet, data networks, information technology systems or their data. The BKA works in the national cyber defense center with other state authorities such as the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Federal Office for Population Protection and Disaster Aid, the Federal Police and the military shielding service to pursue online crime.