{"id":486448,"date":"2025-06-24T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=486448"},"modified":"2025-06-24T00:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:05:36","slug":"dark-market-activity-on-telegram-persists-despite-27b-huione-ban-elliptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/dark-market-activity-on-telegram-persists-despite-27b-huione-ban-elliptic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark market activity on Telegram persists despite $27B Huione ban \u2013 Elliptic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telegram-based dark markets rapidly filled the gap left by Huione Guarantee after the $27 billion marketplace disappeared on May 13, according to a J<\/span>une 23 Elliptic<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elliptic.co\/blog\/telegram-dark-markets-expand-to-fill-the-gap-left-by-huione-guarantee?hss_channel=tw-1344645140\">report<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/elliptic\/\">Elliptic<\/a> noted that Telegram banned<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/telegram-takes-down-35-billion-black-market-networks-but-illicit-operators-plan-comeback\/\">thousands of Huione Guarantee channels<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and usernames once researchers traced billions of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tether\/\">USDT<\/a>-denominated sales to pig-butchering scams. However, data shows that me<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rchants immediately moved to Tudou Guarantee, a rival in which Huione owns a 30% stake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-chain data recorded incoming USDT at Huione falling to near zero after the ban, while Tudou\u2019s user count more than doubled, with inflows matching Huione\u2019s pre-shutdown volumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guarantee markets operate in Chinese on Telegram and settle exclusively in USDT. Vendors supply stolen data, money laundering pathways, and other services essential to large-scale online fraud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The escrow model lets buyers and sellers resolve disputes without exposing real identities, and Tether\u2019s dollar peg eliminates local currency volatility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Distinct payment rail from Huione Pay<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Observers sometimes confuse Huione Guarantee with Huione Pay, a Cambodia-based payment firm still processing large USDT volumes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elliptic separated the two through wallet analysis and noted that Huione Pay\u2019s traffic remained high even after FinCEN labeled the parent Huione Group \u201c<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/us-targets-huione-group-in-crackdown-on-4-billion-crypto-laundering-network\/\">a financial institution of primary money laundering concern<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and proposed cutting its US access.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elliptic tracked more than 30 active Guarantee markets and warned about fake venues that target inexperienced criminals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tudou led the post-shutdown surge, but smaller competitors also gained users as merchants duplicated listings across platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ecosystem adapts to channel bans<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The closure of the Huione Guarantee sent temporary shock waves through a network of hundreds of thousands of scammers, intermediaries, and brokers across Southeast Asia and China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elliptic\u2019s data showed no enduring decline in overall Guarantee-market volume one month later, indicating that liquidity migrated swiftly to replacement channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report concluded that coordinated, sustained, removals will be required to disrupt an ecosystem built on Telegram escrow and USDT settlements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huione Guarantee\u2019s downfall disrupted one node, but the broader dark market structure continues to expand within the messaging app.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telegram-based dark markets rapidly filled the gap left by Huione Guarantee after the $27 billion marketplace disappeared on May 13, according to a June 23 Elliptic report. Elliptic noted that Telegram banned thousands of Huione Guarantee channels and usernames once researchers traced billions of USDT-denominated sales to pig-butchering scams. 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