A 15-page federal criminal complaint details how investigators combined a Bitcoin trail with Google cookies, phone records, and more than 500 Uber Eats deliveries to identify Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins as the alleged financier and marketer of a Steam malware campaign.
The crackdown highlights increasing global cooperation and technological advancements in tracing privacy coins, impacting their perceived anonymity. Norway arrests 28 in dark web crackdown as Monero tracing becomes law enforcement's new weapon.
Since February, the privacy token has traded around the $352-key level for the most part.
A wallet on the Tron network received a single transfer of $120.2 million in USDT on June 11. The firm Tether froze an approximate balance of $72 million in USDT that remained in the identified address. An estimated $48 million in USDT was withdrawn and converted before the block was executed on the blockchain.
Monero (XMR) recorded a sharp price surge after a suspected money laundering operation moved part of a $120.2 million USDT haul into the privacy-focused cryptocurrency. While the buyer successfully concealed its identity, the scale of the transactions left a visible impact on the market, pushing XMR prices significantly higher and drawing attention from traders and investigators.
Onchain sleuth ZachXBT traced remaining funds across exchanges, instant swap services and other blockchains. Tether later froze $72 million in USDT linked to the activity.
Tether's blacklisting highlights the tension between centralized control and privacy in crypto, impacting investor trust and regulatory scrutiny. Tether blacklists wallet linked to $120M USDT laundering as Monero spikes on suspicious buy orders.
XMR outperforms major crypto assets as futures activity and privacy demand rise.
ZachXBT traced 120.2M USDT flows tied to XMR's spike, while Tether froze 72.03M USDT and Monero traded near $357.
Monero price is suddenly back in the spotlight, and traders think this move may be bigger than a one-day rally. After spending weeks trading quietly beneath resistance, XMR surged nearly 12% in 24 hours, sharply outperforming Bitcoin and most major altcoins.
Velvet (VELVET) soared 99.93% to $1.79, leading the crypto gainers, while Provenance Blockchain (HASH) fell 11.13%, marking the largest decline.
How far can XMR's price recovery go?