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Yeah, if I were him I'd call FBI and be like:
It's the RCMP canada's I guess FBI?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-th...cement said,hackers after a ransomware attack.
That's paywalled but still just surface level drivel on what's more of a nuanced, rabbit hole issue. The main problem is the FBI isn't actually being transparent about what and how they did what they claim they did, and they have their reasons for it. But reading between the lines of what they did say in their press release and court order affidavits, no encryption was broken, and this was more a matter of investigative work, and using jurisdictional leverage to compel internet companies and/or a crypto exchange for information. And basically unraveling this from its weakest points that have nothing to do with breaking encryption.
The keys are stored offline, but the crypto itself stays on the blockchain and could theoretically be tapped into from any location with the correct keys. That said, this is 100% FUD meant to scare people that don't understand how encryption protocols work. Any security concerns would be with how securely you're storing your keys, not with the storage itself. For good measure, it's also good to shuffle your crypto to a new wallet with new security keys every now and then.
A bitcoin wallet is not encrypted by default. From what I can read, it just says they "gained access." Popping the wallet.dat file in any bitcoin client would give them access, if it were not encrypted.
Assuming you could find washers willing to touch it, would be safe to assume that all those coins were tagged so no matter where they go they get followed and no actual exchange would safely touch them regardless of who was the owner.
No known good exchange would, just like no good know banks or business would wash fiat, most DEX's are good for washing and depending what country they exist under, would have zero reason to give anything to any law enforcement. DEX's come and go over night I am sure like people change their under wear, they get in wash money through legit exchanges via their DEX as an initial point and then close shop and move on....
you're not understanding how it works. and you can't tag coins. they are called tumblers. they send the coins through a bunch of random addresses. there are tons of them and they do it for a fee. if you don't want to be tracked, use a good vpn. there are also bitcoin atm's
bitcoin is the gold standard. a lot of people have money in bitcoin, it's accepted everywhere and even irl at some places.
Monero
If only this were true. After over a decade, it's still hard to find many stores that accept Bitcoin.
OTOH if you had a gold bar you wouldn't shave off a flake just to buy a starbucks.