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Chinese companies selling synthetic opioid chemicals raked in $27M in crypto payments

By Mike Dalton at 2026-05-09 01:49

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Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic said May 23 that several Chinese companies selling precursors to the synthetic opioid fentanyl have received millions in cryptocurrency. Elliptic reported that its researchers interacted with over 90 companies in China that offered to sell fentanyl precursors. According to the analytics company, 90% of those companies accepted cryptocurrency payments, while 17 […] The post Chinese companies selling synthetic opioid chemicals raked in $27M in crypto payments appeared first on CryptoSlate. Continue reading...

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