According to executives of blockchain intelligence companies, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently warned that the rise of crimes related to stability crimes does not pose a threat to the cryptocurrency industry.
According to executives on chain analysis and asset reality, the FATF’s call for a resolution to the growing illegal Stablecoin activity reflects the need for close monitoring and analysis.
Global Financial Crime Supervision Agency sound Alarm on Stable Last Thursday, regulators were asked to focus on mitigating the risks behind their potential mass adoption.
“That’s not anti-Lector,” Aidan Larkin, co-founder of Asset Reality, told Cointelegraph.
Stablecoins account for 63% of illegal crypto transfers
“Stabilizers are the primary form of crypto assistants used to trade value as well as conducting illegal activities,” said Jordan Wain, a chain analysis policy consultant. He cited data from Chainalysis’s “2025 Crypto Crime Report,” which suggests 63% of illegal transactions in non-chain It is called in stablecoins.
According to Wain, FATF’s alert to Stablecoins is designed to promote “more unified licensing and supervision” across countries, deployment of real-time monitoring and closer international cooperation to track, identify and undermine illegal flows.
“FATF does not require the use of Stablecoins to be prohibited. It requires visibility and better execution,” said Larkin of Asset Reality. Announce In 2023, attention to asset recovery has been increased.
“This means applying the same AML (anti-money laundering) standards in traditional finance in the digital world,” Larkin added.
Tracking a crime is just part of the equation
Larkin said the application of advanced blockchain intelligence tools is not enough to mitigate the risk of massive adoption of stability.
He added: “The monitoring chain behavior is only part of the equation.”
“Performed in the form of secondary sanctions, politicians in multiple jurisdictions have debated to be more responsible and responsible for those cryptocurrency entities that intend to promote sanctions to evade sanctions and use secondary sanctions to pressure to comply with (…).
Chain analysis also highlights the inherent transparency and traceability of Stablecoins, which often make them a “bad choice” for any criminal activity. He stressed that the centralized Stablecoin issuer also retained the ability to freeze funds when he realized illegal use.
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“We’ve seen this ability once had a great effect,” Wain said, referring to The tether is frozen and seized $225 million In its USDT (USDT) Stablecoin related to scam activities under the request of US authorities in 2023.
Zachxbt hangs millions of dollars with DPRK in Circle’s USDC
Some blockchain investigators have been unraveling the “OnChain Data” data for insights after the FATF called for a careful review of the use of Stablecoin by the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Crypto Suluth Zachxbt landed on X on July 1st claim Public Stablecoin Issuer Circle and its USDC (USDC) Stablecoin is “the main medium basis used by DPRK IT workers to promote payments”.
“I can point out nearly eight figs (digits),” he said, adding: “Currently, when there is no way to detect or freeze the activity while boasting about compliance.”
Cointelegraph commented with Circle about Zachxbt posts, but received no response when it was posted.
Circle freeze $57 million USDC in Solana with Solana of the Libra team Requirements from the U.S. Federal Court in May.
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