Hmph. I had to look that up. "mixers." Interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_tumbler So these things make BTC anonymous again?
No. It's a common misconception. Search on Chainaylsis's screen captures. https://bitquery.io/blog/best-blockchain-analysis-tools-and-software Even at this scale, all gateways to fiat are effectively monitored https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/the-evolution-of-provokatsiya.326501/page-6#post-5946014 Fed's are more interested in taking down the bigboys and monitor flows from the foot soldiers up. This one is tangent but the upside of all crypto's is the ability to track better than fiat. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...ndering-mogilevich-trump-us-elections.379479/ I'm not an insider and make no claims, the above is just artifacts from my own due diligence.
I suppose the analogy with dark ships holds then, Bitcoin mixers are like entities, usually rogue governments, creating dark ships to transact when the global system wants to prevent them. In fact, they're never ghost, only dark, and tracked by various authorities who act upon it if and when leverages are required.
Commonality : BTC - basically we buy low sell high and/or sell high buy low. Then we earn tons of money. Dark ship - can only buy low sell high and must be done secretly. Then they earn tons of money.
Quick Summary: Russia needs a "currency" to bypass western sanctions. Their operation to smuggle Euros and Dollars into Russia is no longer going so well Vladimir Putin Legalizes Crypto Mining in Russia https://coinchapter.com/vladimir-putin-legalizes-crypto-mining-in-russia/