🔬 Science May 17, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable

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Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable
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When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, it promised its users a decentralized digital currency that would be free from the prying eyes of financial authorities. That was possible thanks to the blockchain, a digital stone slab where every transaction could be etched into the collective public record.



Of course, Bitcoin and its look-alikes quickly descended into a haven for grifters, drug sales, and money-laundering, enabling anonymous criminals the world over. Then a few confusing things happened

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