Criminal organizations have recently preferred TRON (TRX) rather than Bitcoin (BTC) for cryptocurrency transactions.
by Reuters 27 November According to the news presented today, criminal organizations have become centers of interest for cryptocurrency transfers. Converted from Bitcoin to TRON. seven fiscal with crime expert and blockchain investigation expert In the news based on interviews, TRON network, by Israel, the USA and other countries in crypto transfers related to groups designated as terrorist organizations first line up rose.
Such intense use of the TRON network by terrorist organizations of the USA cryptocurrency exchange from Binance It also brought with it concerns that he might then set his sights on TRON. US Department of Justice (DOJ) Among the accusations presented to Binance by Binance was a particularly serious matter, such as indirectly helping to finance terrorist organizations.
According to the news presented Israel’s National Bureau of Combating Terrorist Financing (NBCTF)between July 2021 and October 2023, believed to be linked to a “designated terrorist organization” or used for a “serious terrorist crime” 143 TRON wallet froze.
Among the frozen TRON wallets 56 of them are linked to HAMAS It was stated that. NBCTF especially HAMAS And Hezbollah He argued that he has seriously increased his interest in the TRON network recently.
Reuters reported last year that Iranian groups and companies 2018-2022 years between TRON for $8 billion worth of transactions He reported using his network.
New York-based blockchain analysis firm Merkle Science CEO Mriganka Pattnaik He made the following statements in his statement on the subject:
Before it was Bitcoin, and now our data shows that these terrorist organizations increasingly tend to prefer TRON.
Researchers TRON of the network cheap, fast And stable He stated that its structure is the most important factor in being preferred by such groups.
TRON spokesperson Hayward WongHe said that all currencies, including the dollar, could theoretically be used in terrorist financing and argued that they had no direct control over such transactions.