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TRM Labs · United States · Treasury redesignates Garantex and its Grinex successor as the laundromat collapses
Dissects the Garantex-Grinex-A7A5 token pipeline, showing how the ruble-backed stablecoin let the network keep clearing sanctioned value and how the successor inherited Garantex's customer deposits within days of the March 2025 seizure.
“Garantex's deposits flowed into Grinex within days, kept liquid by the ruble-pegged A7A5 token.”
TRM Labs · United States · North Korea's Lazarus crypto theft tops $2bn as Treasury hits IT-worker launderers
Maps the cyber-facilitator network behind the IT-worker scheme, showing how a Vietnam-based operator converted roughly $2.5m into crypto for North Koreans and how earnings funnel through fake identities into Pyongyang.
“A facilitator converted about $2.5 million into crypto for North Korean IT workers.”