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quantum_mcts | 1 year ago

Here’s an exercise. Go to Wikipedia for “Money Laundering” -> “Notable cases” and sum the amounts laundered by all famous banks for the last 10 or 5 years.

Then try to say again that “crypto is for money laundering” with a straight face.

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JumpCrisscross|1 year ago

> Go to Wikipedia for “Money Laundering” -> “Notable cases” and sum the amounts laundered by all famous banks for the last 10 or 5 years

This is sort of like concluding bull riding is safer than eating food because more people have died from choking than bull riding.

quantum_mcts|1 year ago

It is sort of like saying that crypto is less money-laundery than banks because more money gets laundered through banks than through crypto.

realusername|1 year ago

I can at least say that people use banks for other reasons.

Closi|1 year ago

What's your point? That these people shouldn't have been arrested, or that money laundering on crypto should be ignored? Or something else?

Besides, crypto is clearly sometimes used for money laundering - hence the article.