Online black markets once lurked in the shadows of the dark web. Today, they’ve moved onto public platforms like Telegram—and are racking up historic illicit fortunes. Now, all of that looks a bit ...

For three and a half years, the messaging platform Telegram has served as the home of a sprawling black market known as Xinbi Guarantee, an anarchic, Chinese-language bazaar offering money laundering ...

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov delivers his keynote conference during day two of the Mobile World Congress at the Fira Gran Via complex in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2016. The annual ...

Chinese-language crypto networks moved $16.1 billion in illicit funds, about 20% of the global crypto crime market. Telegram “guarantee” platforms act as key hubs linking launderers, criminals and ...

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TRM Labs says the $17.9 billion figure reflects gross onchain volume, including internal transfers, not confirmed illicit proceeds. A Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace known as Xinbi ...