Crypto criminals now reduce reliance on centralized exchanges.
Launderers use DeFi, bridges, and mixers to obscure fund trails.
Analytics firms adapt tools to track complex on-chain behavior.
Crypto launderers now move away from centralized exchanges and lean on decentralized tools to move funds, as revealed by new research from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. This is a result of improved compliance measures on the big trading exchanges, which can identify and freeze malicious transactions more quickly.
Current events in the industry, including updates on global crypto regulations and DeFi security events, illustrate the impact of regulation and enforcement on the behavior of the community in 2026. Criminal actors react to that pressure by exploring alternative routes.
Instead of sending stolen or illicit funds straight to large exchanges, bad actors now fragment transactions, route assets through decentralized protocols, and rely on cross-chain bridges. These me
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