尽管 Bybit 首席执行官 Ben Zhou 表示 88% 的被盗加密货币仍可追踪,但最近的 Bybit 黑客攻击与前所未有的洗钱行动有关。通过加密货币洗钱是否正在增加?让我们来分析一下。
2017 年,贝莱德的拉里·芬克 (Larry Fink) 曾将加密货币称为“洗钱指数”。五年后,芬克意识到他不应该忽视比特币,贝莱德拥抱了比特币。现在,该公司的 iShares 比特币信托基金持有超过 570,000 枚比特币,比任何其他公司都多。贝莱德于 2022 年开始与比特币合作。根据 Chainanalyis 的数据,那一年用于犯罪(尤其是洗钱)的加密货币估值达到顶峰,分别为 540 亿美元和 310 亿美元。
3 月 20 日,Bybit 的 Ben Zhou 通过他的 X 账户表示,2 月份 Bybit 黑客攻击期间被盗资金中超过 88% 仍然可以追踪,而 7.59% “已经消失”。其余被盗资金已被冻结。
在帖子中,周先生具体说明了用于洗钱的加密货币混合器,并敦促赏金猎人帮助解码混合器交易,以期追回被盗资金。
据周先生称,这些资金被发送到 Wasabi、TornadoCash、Railgun 和 Crypto Mixer。其中一些交易随后通过点对点平台进行交换。此前,Bybit 指责 eXch 允许犯罪分子利用其平台洗钱。eXch 代表驳斥了这些指控。
Elliptic called the Bybit hack the biggest heist in history and linked the operation to Lazarus Group, a hacker organization allegedly sponsored by North Korea. Reportedly, crypto stolen by Lazarus Group has provided Pyongyang with 40% of funds necessary for its nuclear program.
Zhou called decoding the mixer transactions the ânumber one challenge.â It is unclear what the odds are of eventually decoding the transaction data. Several methods exist for decoding obfuscated transactions, but it is too early to predict if any of them will help in the Bybit hack case.
区块链数据分析公司 Arkham Analytics 透露,3 月 20 日,Bybit 黑客攻击中被盗资金中的 12.9 BTC 被发送到一个未知地址。
欧洲刑警组织表示,洗钱是加密货币的主要犯罪用途。欧洲刑警组织的报告指出,在新冠疫情期间,通过加密货币进行的洗钱量开始上升,因为加密货币交易的数量本身也在增加。
The data gathered by Chainalysis shows that money-laundering volume nearly doubled in 2021 compared to 2020 or 2019. In 2021, the laundered crypto volume reached $18.3 billion, up from $9.9 billion to $11.1 billion in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
However, in 2022, the laundered crypto volume jumped to $31.5 billion, declining to $22.2 billion in 2023, which is still much higher than before 2021. Chainalysis stressed that in 2023, the overall crypto transactions volume dropped by 15%. However, the laundered crypto volume dropped by around 30%. It is hard to say if there is a positive change as, according to Chainalysis, the overall criminal use of crypto was more or less stable at around $50 billion per year in 2022, 2023, and 2024. More than that, Chainalysis states that in recent years, crypto criminal activities have become highly diverse and professionalized.
The 2010s saw a growing number of mixers and cross-chain bridges used by crypto criminals. However, law enforcement efforts are believed to be the reason for the relative drop in mixer use after a peak in 2022. The use of cross-chain bridges is increasing. Only five off-ramp services have been responsible for about one-third of all laundered crypto cash-outs between 2019 and 2023.
多年来,加密货币社区一直支持那些因创建用于掩盖被盗加密货币踪迹的服务而被起诉的开发人员。Tornado Cash 和 Samourai 的开发人员就是例子。正如加密货币社区一直呼吁赦免 Ross Ulbricht 一样,他们也在支持 Samourai 的 Keonne Rodriguez 和 William Lonergan 以及 Tornado Cash 的 Roman Storm。
支持者认为,创建合法和犯罪使用的开源工具本身并不是犯罪,也不能被视为参与第三方犯罪。我们本月早些时候采访的先锋加密货币律师 Marta Belcher 表示:
一项技术可用于犯罪并不意味着该技术本身存在问题。犯罪分子也会使用现金犯罪,但我们不会因此而要求禁止使用现金,就像我们不会责怪福特汽车在银行抢劫案中被用作逃逸车辆一样。
然而,自 2025 年起,检察官通常会努力追究开发者为犯罪分子创建工具的责任。例如,Samourai 创始人面临最高 25 年监禁,其平台被 Silk Road 和 Hydra 市场用于洗钱。Ross Ulbricht 获赦免可能被视为范式转变的暗示,但现在谈论真正的改变还为时过早。