Likely won't be the 1st bitcoiner from the beginning that we see arrested for evading taxes. Government is always watching, people need to realize that. They're getting their piece regardless.

I'm 99% sure this will be one hell of a conviction and prison term,  it's going to be really bad for the two above.

I find it quite odd that more mixers aren't jumping in to fill the void left by their predecessors, though.

I figure that the only way you are going to get something in this space through is by developing it under a pseudonym, like how Satoshi did with Bitcoin.

I think OP is talking about social messaging apps like ime lab. It used telegram api but with wallet and probably DeFi integrations.. https://www.bitget.com/academy/what-is-ime-lab-lime-and-how-does-it-work

However, in order for the list to be reliable, I made an update and deleted mixers that are no longer functional, as well as Yomix, which is obviously high-risk.

There was a discussion here earlier about the Coinomize Android app, do we have anyone here who has used their app for mixing, can they share their experience?

Unfortunately, one more mixer is out of business. They may have been the youngest and have not yet acquired a user base, but they are certainly entering a negative trend of decreasing privacy service options.

It could be someone's (ie the operator's) personal account or something?

people should use DAI instead of USDT in my opinion (EU users, be careful USDT will be banned in June for the whole EU).

I understand the logic, but in my opinion in this case, using Mixtum or any Jambler based mixer would be better from a "privacy perspective", or swapping BTC for XMR and back to BTC again (but would probably be expensive to pay for the 2 swaps + network fees).

Even users who do not hold usdt can be affected. I think stablecoins are among the best altcoins out there.