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China prosecutors propose presumptions for crypto mixer and privacy coin cases
The framework also calls for a national platform to hold and sell seized cryptocurrency, amid a state ban that has left authorities with limited ways to dispose of assets.
China’s top prosecutors have published a nonbinding framework for prosecuting cryptocurrency money laundering, including rules that would shift the burden of proof when suspects use coin mixers or privacy coins.
The opinion piece, published in the Procuratorate Daily of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, proposes that courts presume criminal intent in such cases unless defendants provide what it describes as reasonable counter-evidence, and it argues that verifiable on-chain records and analytics-firm reports should be admissible evidence.
The authors also urge building a national platform to hold and sell seized crypto, citing a problem created by China’s own ban on crypto trading.
The paper says China’s prosecution system has charged more than 3,000 people with crypto-related money laundering in 2024, and notes prosecutors often rely on broader concealment charges because the dedicated money-laundering offense covers only seven predicate crime categories.