According to @DecryptMedia, authorities allege Paxful was used by money launderers and that the Bitcoin exchange knew about it; this is a law-enforcement claim referenced in the cited tweet (source: authorities via @DecryptMedia tweet on 2025-12-11). For traders, headline and enforcement risk may pressure BTC peer-to-peer liquidity and widen regional P2P spreads where Paxful has been a major on-ramp, warranting close monitoring of quotes and fill rates (source: authorities’ allegations via @DecryptMedia; market-structure playbook used by professional desks). If formal actions follow, flows could shift toward alternative P2P venues or centralized exchanges, potentially increasing on-ramp friction and basis dispersion in BTC (source: authorities’ allegations via @DecryptMedia; standard market reaction patterns observed by institutional trading desks).