Prosecutors in Germany hired a local bank to 'clean' seized cryptocurrency worth $113 million

News • 2021/12/23 • by
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Key Takeaways

  • Prosecutors in Germany have engaged a bank to "clean" cryptocurrency that has been confiscated in criminal cases.
  • Jack Dorsey expressed his displeasure with the path of Web 3.0 development in a series of Tuesday tweets.

Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the Frankfurt General Prosecutor's anti-cybercrime office had contracted Bankhaus Scheich Wertpapierspezialist AG to "clean" cryptocurrencies worth roughly 100 million euros ($113 million) in the German state of Hesse. In a criminal prosecution involving three narcotics dealers, the coins were seized.

The bank indicated that seized crypto would be cleaned and returned to regular circulation:

"Because cryptocurrencies are linked to crime, they are referred to as 'contaminated coins,' and they are not allowed to be exchanged on conventional exchanges."

According to the magazine, Bankhaus Scheich's cleaning process "ensures that trade partners are informed that the currencies are back in legal ownership and have been declared 'clean,' allowing them to be sold." On the other hand, the Frankfurt-based bank did not disclose any additional information about the process.

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The seized cryptocurrency was sold one week earlier this month, according to Bankhaus Scheich. The funds will now be used to fund the state government's budget.

Prosecutors and the bank have stated that they will work together to reintroduce seized bitcoins to the market in future criminal cases.

'You don't own Web 3.0,' Jack Dorsey claims, questioning the centralized structure of the technology

Compliance with relevant legislation is frequently a top priority for VCs and angel investors. This, according to Dorsey, jeopardizes decentralization.

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter and the founder and CEO of Square (now Block), expressed his displeasure with the path of Web 3.0 development in a series of Tuesday tweets. Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, joined Dorsey in the ridicule. (On a side note, when asked if cryptocurrency would eventually replace the dollar, Dorsey responded, "Bitcoin will.")

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Web 3.0, in this context, is a decentralised version of the virtual world that will include public blockchains, metaverse technology, non fungible coins, and decentralised finance that is devoid of the control of centralised power sources like corporate servers.

The VCs and their LPs are the ones who own it. Their motivations will never let them down. It's a centralised entity with a different label at the end of the day.
"Know what you're getting yourself into..."

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On the other hand, Dorsey took aim at the reality that VCs and limited partnerships, or LPs, regularly fund Web 3.0 projects in direct conflict with decentralised alternatives like initial coin offerings. By holding a controlling position, VCs and LPs can pressure blockchain entrepreneurs to comply with centralized laws that go against their basic crypto philosophy, such as gathering Know Your Customer (KYC) data.

Elon Musk said that Web 3.0 projects haven't lived up to their moniker, even though he didn't have much to say.

Do you think web 3.0 is not decentralised, as claimed by Dorsey?

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