--- title: Web3 Money Laundering: A Taxonomy of Strategies,... description: Money laundering in Web3 exploits decentralized systems through six core strategies: transaction flow obfuscation (peeling chains, dusting), commingling funds,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/web3-money-laundering-a-taxonomy-of-strategies-mechanisms-and-countermeasures-gnupbktzy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Web3 Money Laundering: A Taxonomy of Strategies, Mechanisms, and Countermeasures | daily.dev og:description: Money laundering in Web3 exploits decentralized systems through six core strategies: transaction flow obfuscation (peeling chains, dusting), commingling funds,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/web3-money-laundering-a-taxonomy-of-strategies-mechanisms-and-countermeasures-gnupbktzy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gNUPbKtZy.png og:image:alt: Web3 Money Laundering: A Taxonomy of Strategies, Mechanisms, and Countermeasures og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Web3 Money Laundering: A Taxonomy of Strategies, Mechanisms, and Countermeasures **[Coins Bench](https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Money laundering in Web3 exploits decentralized systems through six core strategies: transaction flow obfuscation (peeling chains, dusting), commingling funds, chain-hopping across blockchains, disconnected fund flows using privacy coins and zero-knowledge proofs, subjective valuation with NFTs, and regulatory arbitrage. The traditional Placement-Layering-Integration model breaks down in crypto-native crimes where funds start digital. Investigators face three data silos: noisy on-chain data, siloed off-chain KYC records, and cross-chain black holes. Countermeasures include compliance-aware privacy solutions like smart contract blocklists and zero-knowledge compliance proofs that prove non-criminal status without revealing identity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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