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Today in crypto, a multi-agency investigation in Australia traced illicit funds to a suspected $123 million crypto laundering operation hiding behind a security company, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto exchange has been working on unfreezing user accounts as a priority, and Michael Saylor teased another Bitcoin purchase by Strategy for the ninth week running.
Australian authorities have charged four individuals following an 18-month investigation into a $190 million Australian dollar ($123 million) crypto laundering operation allegedly run through a cash-in-transit security company.
The Australian Federal Police said they had frozen about $13.6 million worth of suspected criminal assets across the states of Queensland and New South Wales.
