{"id":89773,"date":"2025-10-09T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89773"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:10:14","slug":"chainalysis-75-billion-in-crypto-could-bolster-state-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/chainalysis-75-billion-in-crypto-could-bolster-state-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainalysis: $75 Billion in Crypto Could Bolster State Reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public blockchains hold $75 billion obtained through illicit means. According to analysts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/landscape-of-seizable-crypto-assets-2025\/\">Chainalysis<\/a>, governments could seize these assets to build strategic reserves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The cryptocurrency ecosystem indeed provides law enforcement with unprecedented opportunities,&#8221; the analysts noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, several countries are developing state reserves in cryptocurrency. These include the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-bitcoin-reserve-a-potential-threat-to-cryptocurrency\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/kyrgyzstan-approves-bill-for-bitcoin-reserve\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/philippines-proposes-strategic-reserve-of-10000-btc\">Philippines<\/a>, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>The study identified two main pools for seizure:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$15 billion are held in wallets directly belonging to illegal entities;<\/li>\n<li>another $60 billion are distributed across related addresses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-7b39f2d31eb554e7-6414324506881297-1024x899.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-267286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-7b39f2d31eb554e7-6414324506881297-1024x899.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-7b39f2d31eb554e7-6414324506881297-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-7b39f2d31eb554e7-6414324506881297-768x674.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-7b39f2d31eb554e7-6414324506881297-1536x1348.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-7b39f2d31eb554e7-6414324506881297.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Changes in balances with illicit funds from 2015 to 2021 and assets held by criminals. Source: Chainalysis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The majority of funds are concentrated within the infrastructure of darknet marketplaces, whose administrators control $46.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Experts also identified a clear correlation with market cycles. The volume of assets linked to illegal activities peaked in 2021, declined during the bear market in 2022, and rose again in 2024-2025.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the asset structure has shifted. In recent years, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a> and Ethereum have become much more popular than Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Chainalysis specialists <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/darknet-markets-revert-to-bitcoin-following-monero-delisting-says-chainalysis\">reported<\/a> a return of darknet platforms to the first cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public blockchains hold $75 billion obtained through illicit means. Chainalysis analysts suggested governments could seize these assets to build state reserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Darknet marketplaces control the majority of the funds.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,274,46,807],"class_list":["post-89773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-chainalysis","tag-ethereum","tag-stablecoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"135","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Darknet marketplaces control the majority of the funds.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89775,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89773\/revisions\/89775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}