⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>On the day <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> and Trump exchanged prisoners (BTC-e bro <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlexanderVinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderVinnik</span></a> for teacher Marc Fogel) someone moved ~$700 million worth of bitcoin that was last moved the week after BTC-e was shut down for money laundering 8 years ago in 2017.</p><p>This is what the kids call "sus".</p><p>IMHO someone got paid off to get Vinnik out of US custody. Whether it was <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and/or his negotiator / crypto partner <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SteveWitkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWitkoff</span></a> just taking a bribe or Putin who got paid off to ask for Vinnik we may never know.</p><p>The funds are currently just parked on chain in a new wallet.</p><p>Fun fact: BTC-e is known to have been involved in laundering money for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s use in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> way back in 2015/2016, in the early <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donbas</span></a> battles.</p><p>* 2017 txn: <a href="https://mempool.space/tx/1824411759a534758f90d01cfa345be9616a92fe11581490037eba3e77bea9ff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mempool.space/tx/1824411759a53</span><span class="invisible">4758f90d01cfa345be9616a92fe11581490037eba3e77bea9ff</span></a><br>* February 10th, 2025: <a href="https://mempool.space/tx/929169aa181866e0c5e6e34aa3b4f9d2c102a3bbace087f67bb98997e84114e4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mempool.space/tx/929169aa18186</span><span class="invisible">6e0c5e6e34aa3b4f9d2c102a3bbace087f67bb98997e84114e4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTCe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTCe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlexanderVinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderVinnik</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RUssia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUssia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eupol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAFO</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a></p>