Chainalysis Blog | Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week's Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior
It’s unclear to what degree the attack on the Capitol was planned in advance. ProPublica reports that in the weeks leading up, many Trump supporters discussed turning the event violent on Parler, a rightwing social media app now banned by most major tech platforms. However, we now have evidence that many alt-right groups and personalities, including Fuentes, received large Bitcoin donations in a single transaction that occurred a month before the riot on December 8. We have also gathered evidence that strongly suggests the donor was a now-deceased computer programmer based in France. While...
Source: chainalysis.com