China’s prosecutorial system publishes an article suggesting that the use of crypto mixers and viewing privacy coins as signals of intent to commit money laundering crimes

BlockBeats message, July 13. According to an article in the official newspaper of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Procuratorial Daily, researchers from the Yuhu District People’s Procuratorate in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, and from the Law School of Xiangtan University proposed a prosecution framework for cryptocurrency money-laundering cases. It recommends that courts presume that a suspect has criminal intent when they use mixers and privacy coins and fail to provide reasonable counterevidence, and that verifiable on-chain records and reports from blockchain analytics companies be used as evidence. The article also suggests establishing a national-level platform to custody and dispose of seized cryptocurrencies through compliant channels such as targeted auctions.

The article states that China’s procuratorates indicted more than 3,000 people involved in cryptocurrency money laundering in 2024. Chainalysis data shows that Chinese money-laundering networks handled about $16 billion in 2025, which currently accounts for one-fifth of the total global cryptocurrency money-laundering volume. It should be noted that the article has no legal effect.