Crypto sleuth may have found tokens of sanctioned Russians


The finding comes amid a heated debate on whether cryptocurrencies can be used to evade additional sanctions imposed on Russian oligarchs and officials since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. — AP

Crypto forensics firm Elliptic said it has passed on to authorities information on a digital wallet that may be linked to sanctioned Russian officials and oligarchs.

The wallet has “significant crypto-asset holdings”, in the millions of dollars, Elliptic co-founder Tom Robinson said in an interview Monday.

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