An article published in the theory section of Procuratorial Daily, the newspaper of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, proposed a framework for prosecuting cryptocurrency money-laundering cases. The piece said courts could infer criminal intent when suspects used mixers or privacy coins and failed to provide reasonable counter-evidence. It also said verifiable on-chain records and reports from blockchain analytics firms should be accepted as evidence.
The article also proposed setting up a national-level platform to custody and dispose of seized crypto assets through compliant channels such as targeted auctions. It was written by two grassroots prosecutors from Hunan province and a university law professor, according to the report, and does not carry legal force.
The article said Chinese prosecutors had charged more than 3,000 people in cryptocurrency-related money-laundering cases starting in 2024. Decrypt, citing Chainalysis data, said Chinese-language laundering networks processed about $16 billion in 2025, accounting for roughly one-fifth of global crypto money-laundering volume at present.
Article outlines a prosecution framework
Odaily reported that an article in the theory section of Procuratorial Daily, the newspaper of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, proposed a framework for prosecuting cryptocurrency money-laundering cases. The article said courts could infer criminal intent if a suspect used mixers or privacy coins and failed to provide reasonable counter-evidence. It also proposed using verifiable on-chain records and reports from blockchain analytics firms as evidence.
The piece also called for a national-level platform to custody and dispose of seized cryptocurrencies through compliant channels, including targeted auctions.
Authors and figures cited in the article
According to the report, the article was written by two grassroots prosecutors from Hunan province and a university law professor. It does not have legal force.
The article said Chinese prosecutors had charged more than 3,000 people in cryptocurrency-related money-laundering cases starting in 2024. Decrypt, citing Chainalysis data, said Chinese-language laundering networks processed about $16 billion in 2025, or roughly one-fifth of global crypto money-laundering volume at present.
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