How do Chinese police track and seize cryptocurrency? Rare paper reveals forensic tools

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Chinese police have published a detailed technical report on tracking, seizing, and freezing cryptocurrency – revealing a sophisticated arsenal of forensic tools.Bitcoin, Ethereum and the like may be household names, but they are illegal in China.A 2021 government notice banned their use as currency, and new rules from earlier this year went even further, cracking down on stablecoins and the tokenisation of real-world assets. Yet despite the ban, criminals still favour virtual coins for scams,...