Europol shuts down ‘crypto-laundromat’ Cryptomixer

In a sweeping cross-border operation, authorities from Switzerland and Germany, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have shuttered Cryptomixer (cryptomixer.io), one of the largest cryptocurrency mixing services in operation.

During the Nov. 24–28 takedown, police seized three servers, the platform’s domain, more than 12 terabytes of data, and roughly €25 million ($27–29 million) in Bitcoin.

Cryptomixer had processed around €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) in Bitcoin since 2016, according to investig