{"id":"tp-2469","type":"article-newspaper","title":"$1B worth of bitcoin to be used for narcotics, child porn, and other crimes","author":"Melvin Alfred Wong","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/2469","datePublished":"2019-07-03T04:50:28.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-03T04:50:40.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"It’s well-known that cryptocurrency is the preferred mode of transactions by criminals because of how difficult it is to track. This year, it is expected that as much as $1 billion of bitcoin transactions will be cond…","section":"Insights & Views","references":[{"title":"Bloomberg","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-01/bitcoin-criminals-set-to-spend-1-billion-on-dark-web-this-year"},{"title":"Cryptovibes","url":"https://www.cryptovibes.com/crypto-news/crypto-criminals-could-spend-over-1-billion-on-the-dark-web-in-2019/"}]}