Almost certainly the is the OTHER half of ICE: ICE is two organizations, Enforcement and Removal Operations (what is widely thought of as ICE, they focus on civ

Almost certainly the is the OTHER half of ICE: ICE is two organizations, Enforcement and Removal Operations (what is widely thought of as ICE, they focus on civil deportations) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). HSI is targeting actual crimes that occur across borders, not deportations. So international money laundering, plus smuggling goods, drugs, people, etc. As a quirk, they are the agency that brings the most possession and distribution of underage sexual materials charges against US citizens (because so much of that involves bouncing to foreign servers etc.). They are a legitimate law enforcement agency that focuses on crime that goes across borders, and their interest in the blockchain should be obvious and clear- pretty much every crime I listed above is currently being done on the blockchain. HSI has wanted to separate from ERO for years, because they feel that no one outside of ICE understands the difference, but it has not happened. I only understand the difference because I spent a few months supporting HSI (and only HSI) as a government contractor, and everyone I interacted with from HSI went to great pains to differentiate themselves from ERO, and clearly considered themselves better than ERO.