Europol and partners shut down the Cryptomixer crypto mixing service.
Date: 2025-12-02 Author: Oliver Abernathy Categories: BUSINESS
Law enforcement agencies in Switzerland and Germany, together with Europol, conducted a large-scale operation against the Cryptomixer cryptocurrency service, which had long been used to conceal the digital traces of financial transactions. During the operation, which lasted several days in late November 2025, specialists seized the project's server capacity, the cryptomixer.io domain name, over twelve terabytes of stored data, and a large amount of cryptocurrency—the equivalent of over €25 million, or approximately $29 million at the current exchange rate. Following the operation, an official notification banner announcing its seizure by government agencies appeared on the service's homepage.
According to official information, Cryptomixer operated both on the public internet and the darknet, allowing users to "mix" transactions—combining funds from various wallets and then distributing them randomly to new addresses at set intervals. This system made tracking digital assets extremely difficult, especially for those seeking to conceal the origin of the funds. Such mechanisms are often used for money laundering and evading law enforcement, which was one of the main reasons for the service's interest among international intelligence agencies.
An investigation revealed that the platform had been operating since 2016, and during this period, over €1.3 billion in Bitcoin had passed through it. A significant portion of this amount, according to official data, was linked to criminal activities. Cryptomixer's users included groups involved in arms and drug trafficking, ransomware, and bank and payment card fraud. In fact, the service served as one of the largest tools for the covert circulation of digital assets, used in untraceable transfer chains.
It's worth noting that, as early as the summer of 2024, representatives of the European Innovation Center for Internal Security highlighted the risks posed by crypto mixers and anonymous coins. At the time, experts warned that such tools could undermine the economic and digital security of EU countries, as they allowed criminal networks to freely move large amounts of funds without oversight. The operation to shut down Cryptomixer was a logical continuation of these warnings and strengthened oversight over services that ensure transaction anonymity.
The international cooperation that led to the shutdown of Cryptomixer can be seen as another step toward tightening regulation of the crypto industry in Europe. Clearly, the fight against opaque financial flows is reaching a new level, and similar operations are likely to be repeated as new services used to conceal cryptocurrency transfers are identified.
