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15. Yes

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:17 PM

Feb 10

If the wallet is in a US controlled market, there are the same know your customer rules as banks have, but if the wallet is registered in Belarus or Russia, not so much. And if people asking for the ransom are smart, they'd take steps to hide things.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/purported-nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-demanded-bitcoin-could-it-be-tracked/ar-AA1VQirT

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Maybe this is a good sign? MustLoveBeagles Feb 10 #1

Wait...who is Harvey Levin and how does he know who the kidnapper is? mwmisses4289 Feb 10 #3

TMZ owner DemocratSinceBirth Feb 10 #6

From the ransom request, he would have the wallet to track EdmondDantes_ Feb 10 #10

So they know a transaction has been made but not to whom? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 10 #12

Yes EdmondDantes_ Feb 10 #15

Isn't he and the epstein files also Tribetime Feb 10 #4

Over and over questionseverything Feb 10 #13

As a journalist, not as an acquaintance or associate. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 10 #14

It was literally on CNN. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 10 #8

Then CNN should be horse whipped too. Botany Feb 10 #9

The information is in the public domain now. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 10 #11