Ehh… I don’t think so because those transactions would be visible on chain.
But could money be laundered across platforms and international banks? The question isn’t so much whether it’d be completely hidden, but whether a lack of infrastructure around the regulation of crypto in general could lead to obviously fishy outcomes that can’t legally be proven illicit. Or if foreign investors help pump a coin and took it as a loss as the money flows to Trump’s associates.
We’ve mostly seen crypto schemes take the place of standard scams at lower levels, but we’re talking world-changing money now. Something can just legally make someone tens of billions of dollars for no other reason than that someone (including other world leaders) finds it valuable.
I’m asking for education here, by the way. I’m down a rabbit hole, but it doesn’t seem like this should be doable. It’s not doable, right?