Tracing cryptocurrency: Q&A with the PhD candidate and her adviser who proved it wasn't anonymous

  _For years now, dark web markets have flourished on the assumption that their currency of choice — crypto — was untraceable. But it turns out the blockchain, the giant digital ledger that keeps track of the world’s cryptocurrency transactions, had a secret: It contained all the clues anyone needed to connect underground purchases

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