The future of underground banking is not cash or crypto. It is both.
Stablecoins, self-custodied wallets, cross-chain bridges, OTC brokers, decentralized finance and professional money-laundering networks are converging into a new financial architecture capable of moving value across technologies, institutions and borders.
In Chain-Hopping, Byte Revenant investigates how that architecture works.
Why have stablecoins become so important to illicit finance? What actually happens when value moves from one blockchain to another? Why do bridges fragment investigative trails without making transactions invisible? How do mixers differ from chain-hopping? Where do offshore exchanges, unhosted wallets and DeFi fit into the system? And how does digital value ultimately reconnect with cash, bank accounts and the real economy?
This book explains the answers without assuming a technical background.
Readers will discover how professional money-laundering networks increasingly combine traditional underground banking with cryptocurrency infrastructure; why stablecoins can function as wholesale settlement assets between brokers; how ransomware proceeds enter broader laundering networks; and why blockchain analytics can often reconstruct complex financial movements while still struggling with the hardest question of all: who actually controls the wallet?
Chain-Hopping also examines the enforcement side of the contest. Public blockchains preserve financial evidence. Exchanges can connect addresses to customers. Stablecoin issuers may freeze assets. Cross-chain tracing is improving. Yet locating cryptocurrency does not automatically mean authorities can seize it, legally forfeit it or return it to victims.
Drawing on current 2026 evidence from FATF, BIS, U.S. law enforcement and leading blockchain-intelligence research, Chain-Hopping explains a financial system evolving in real time.
Inside:
• Why criminal finance increasingly prefers digital dollars
• How wallets, exchanges, bridges and custody really work
• Why stablecoins changed underground settlement
• How chain-hopping fragments transaction trails
• Mixers, bridges and modern obfuscation
• Offshore VASPs and Travel Rule gaps
• Self-custody and the identity problem
• OTC brokers and hybrid cash-crypto finance
• Ransomware laundering infrastructure
• The power and limits of blockchain analytics
• Freezing, seizure, forfeiture and victim recovery
• Digital hawala, multi-chain finance and automation
This is not a crypto investment guide.
It is an investigation of the financial back office of modern crime—and the global race to understand it.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The future of underground banking is not cash or crypto. It is both.Stablecoins, self-custodied wallets, cross-chain bridges, OTC brokers, decentralized finance and professional money-laundering networks are converging into a new financial architecture capable of moving value across technologies, institutions and borders.In Chain-Hopping, Byte Revenant investigates how that architecture works.Why have stablecoins become so important to illicit finance What actually happens when value moves from one blockchain to another Why do bridges fragment investigative trails without making transactions invisible How do mixers differ from chain-hopping Where do offshore exchanges, unhosted wallets and DeFi fit into the system And how does digital value ultimately reconnect with cash, bank accounts and the real economy This book explains the answers without assuming a technical background.Readers will discover how professional money-laundering networks increasingly combine traditional underground banking with cryptocurrency infrastructure; why stablecoins can function as wholesale settlement assets between brokers; how ransomware proceeds enter broader laundering networks; and why blockchain analytics can often reconstruct complex financial movements while still struggling with the hardest question of all: who actually controls the wallet Chain-Hopping also examines the enforcement side of the contest. Public blockchains preserve financial evidence. Exchanges can connect addresses to customers. Stablecoin issuers may freeze assets. Cross-chain tracing is improving. Yet locating cryptocurrency does not automatically mean authorities can seize it, legally forfeit it or return it to victims.Drawing on current 2026 evidence from FATF, BIS, U.S. law enforcement and leading blockchain-intelligence research, Chain-Hopping explains a financial system evolving in real time.Inside: - Why criminal finance increasingly prefers digital dollars- How wallets, exchanges, bridges and custody really work- Why stablecoins changed underground settlement- How chain-hopping fragments transaction trails- Mixers, bridges and modern obfuscation- Offshore VASPs and Travel Rule gaps- Self-custody and the identity problem- OTC brokers and hybrid cash-crypto finance- Ransomware laundering infrastructure- The power and limits of blockchain analytics- Freezing, seizure, forfeiture and victim recovery- Digital hawala, multi-chain finance and automationThis is not a crypto investment guide.It is an investigation of the financial back office of modern crime-and the global race to understand it. Seller Inventory # 9798173019455