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Chinese-language networks now handle a disproportionate share of global crypto money laundering flows, according to a new Chainalysis report.
Chinese-language money laundering networks (CMLNs) now account for around 20% of known laundering activity, the firm said. Inflows to these networks have grown thousands of times faster than those to centralized exchanges or decentralized finance protocols since 2020, as criminals increasingly avoid venues where funds can be frozen.
Chainalysis identified at least $16.1 billion processed by CMLNs in 2025 alone, spread across 1,800 active wallets and six core service types. These range from “running point” brokers who provide initial access to bank accounts and exchange wallets, to sprawling money mule networks, informal OTC desks and so-called “Black U” services that openly trade tainted crypto at a discount.
At the center of the ecosystem sit Telegram-based “guarantee platforms,” which serve as escrow and reputation hubs that connect buyers and sellers of laundering services. Even when individual channels are disrupted, vendors quickly migrate to other channels, keeping operations largely intact.
The speed and scale of these networks suggest deep links to off-chain criminal organizations, including scam operations and cybercrime rings. While recent sanctions and advisories have brought greater scrutiny, Chainalysis said the findings highlight how crypto-enabled laundering has evolved into a resilient, global service industry that adapts quickly to enforcement pressure.
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XRP-focused crypto treasury firm Evernorth has submitted a Form S-4 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a process to go public through a business combination with special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. II.
The Wednesday filing shows that the combined entity will operate as Evernorth Holdings Inc. after the proposed merger, and is expected to list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols XRPN for its Class A common stock and XRPNW for warrants.
The filing estimates that the merged entity will hold at least 473 million XRP at launch, including contributions from Ripple and open-market purchases funded by the merger proceeds. Previous reports stated that the merger transaction is expected to raise over $1 billion in gross proceeds, including investments from SBI, Ripple, Pantera Capital, Kraken, and GSR.
An S-4 filing is a preliminary registration statement required by the SEC for companies seeking to publicly register shares in connection with a business combination, such as a merger or acquisition.
Evernorth, established in 2025, is an institutional vehicle primarily holding and managing XRP as its core reserve asset. Its strategy includes acquiring XRP, participating in the XRP ecosystem, generating yield through lending and liquidity provisioning, operating validators on the XRP Ledger, and utilizing Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin for certain operations.
Evernorth is built to provide investors more than just exposure to XRP's price," Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla said in an October statement. "As we capitalize on existing TradFi yield generation strategies and deploy into DeFi yield opportunities, we also contribute to the growth and maturity of that ecosystem. This approach is designed to generate returns for shareholders while supporting XRP's utility and adoption."
Meanwhile, Armada Acquisition Corp. II, completed its initial public offering in May 2025, raising approximately $230 million.
According to The Block's crypto price page, XRP is currently the fourth-largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $89.6 billion. The cryptocurrency is trading at $1.46, down 4% in the past 24 hours, leading up to 10:30 p.m. ET.
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In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a software, is fairing in the Solana ecosystem.
The rollout, however, is intentionally restrained. Patel said the team preferred to roll out progressively across the network rather than through a broad public launch, as the team remains cautious about rapidly increasing adoption.
We don’t want everybody to run it yet,” Patel said. “If half the network upgrades before we’ve done full security audits, that would be a bit much.”
Firedancer, developed by Jump Crypto, is a validator client for Solana, or another version of the software that runs the blockchain. The effort emerged partly in response to concerns around Solana’s earlier outages and its reliance on a single dominant client maintained by Solana infrastructure firm Anza.
Rather than framing Firedancer as a competitor to Anza, Patel described the relationship as collaborative.
The project has also become a key part of Solana’s broader effort to prepare the network for institutional-grade trading activity and real-world financial applications. Patel said Firedancer has helped shift Solana engineering from a reactive posture during periods of heavy congestion to one where developers can confidently scale new use cases.
I remember when there were memecoin and NFT launches, we were frantically watching all the performance dashboards,” Patel said. “But now it’s like, ‘Oh yeah, yet another big launch, it’s fine.’”
The team recently completed a public security audit competition with a $1 million bug bounty pool, a move Patel said gave Jump additional confidence in expanding the rollout.
While Firedancer’s rollout remains gradual, its quiet move onto mainnet marks one of the most consequential infrastructure upgrades in Solana’s history, and a major test of whether blockchain networks can achieve trading speeds closer to traditional financial markets.
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