Andy Greenberg
Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. New book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. agreenberg@wired.com. Andy.01 on Signal.
- This is a huge crackdown on Chinese crypto crime markets. After our inquiry, Telegram banned not only Xinbi but also Huione Guarantee, a MUCH bigger market Elliptic exposed (and WIRED has reported on since) last year—the biggest digital black market ever by some measures.
- Crypto-tracing firm Elliptic found Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee, a market for Chinese crypto scammers and money launderers, had done $8.4 billion in sales—all while registered in the US. After WIRED asked Telegram about it, Telegram banned thousands of accounts. www.wired.com/story/xinbi-...
- Crypto-tracing firm Elliptic found Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee, a market for Chinese crypto scammers and money launderers, had done $8.4 billion in sales—all while registered in the US. After WIRED asked Telegram about it, Telegram banned thousands of accounts. www.wired.com/story/xinbi-...
