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How ICIJ traced hundreds of millions from Huione Group to major crypto exchanges

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By Agustin Armendariz Verified
| The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
An increasing number of governments are starting to shift their investment policies to include digital assets. The largest centralized exchanges, key intermediaries in the cryptocurrency world, process trillions of dollars’ worth of trades every year. There are now hundreds of millions of addresses on some of the most widely used blockchains.
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Gigantes das criptomoedas movimentaram bilhões ligados a fraudes, traficantes e hackers

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By Spencer Woodman Verified, Agustin Armendariz Verified, Miguel Gutierrez, Sam Ellefson
| Agência Pública Verified
Quando Donald Trump concedeu perdão a Changpeng “CZ” Zhao em outubro de 2025, a porta-voz da Casa Branca, Karoline Leavitt, descreveu o fundador da maior exchange (plataforma de troca) de criptomoedas do mundo como vítima de uma caça às bruxas política. “A guerra do governo Biden contra as criptomoedas acabou”, declarou Leavitt. Zhao e sua empresa, a Binance, haviam se declarado culpados em novembro de 2023 por operar sem as garantias básicas para prevenir o crime de lavagem de dinheiro.
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Crypto giants move billions tied to money launderers, drug traffickers, N Korean hackers

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By Spencer Woodman Verified, Agustin Armendariz Verified
| Malaysiakini Verified
When United States President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in October, the White House press secretary painted the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange as the victim of a political witch hunt. “The Biden administration’s war on crypto is over,” declared Karoline Leavitt. Zhao and his company, Binance, had both pleaded guilty in...
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