Security News > 2023 > February > Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Crypto
Y is the author of a book I can very greatly recommend, with the fascinating title Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.
DUCK. Andy, do you think, perhaps that there's nothing wrong with Satoshi Nakamoto saying, "You *can* be anonymous when you use Bitcoin?".
Now, all of these law enforcement agencies that have professional Bitcoin tracers - their savvy, their know-how in doing this, is just growing by leaps and bounds.
Even without trying to get it out, IRS criminal investigators found it through other means, including the seizure of the BTC-e exchange, which was a kind-of money-laundering, criminal Bitcoin exchange.
Thinking of cryptocurrency tokens like Monero, which as you say, is meant to be more privacy focused than Bitcoin because it inherently, if you like, joins transactions together.
The book is called "Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency."