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Covid-19 Has Wiped Out 33% of Cryptocurrency Scammers’ Revenue, But That’s Not the Whole Story

Did you know Covid-19 has wiped out 33% of cryptocurrency scammers’ revenue? Chainalysis digs deeper into Covid-19’s impact on different types of scams.

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The Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report is Here. Download to Learn Why 2019 Was the Year of the Ponzi Scheme.

Cryptocurrency adoption is increasing, with 18% of Americans and 35% of millennials purchasing it. Read the Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report here for more.

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Darknet Market Activity Higher Than Ever in 2019 Despite Closures. How Does Law Enforcement Respond?

After a small decline in 2018, total darknet market sales grew 70% in 2019 to over $790 million in crypto, making it the first time sales surpassed $600 million.

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Ransomware Goes Mass Market

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, but it’s difficult to calculate their impact. Read more about the increasing amount of ransomware attacks.

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As Exchanges Beef Up Security Measures, Hackers Get More Sophisticated

2019 saw more cryptocurrency hacks than any other year. But of the 11 attacks this year, none of them came close to matching the scale of major heists.

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Terrorism Financing in Early Stages with Cryptocurrency But Advancing Quickly

Cryptocurrency as a terrorism financing tool presents difficult issues for the intelligence community. We compare case studies of two such campaigns.

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Crypto Money Laundering: How Criminals Cash Out Billions in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

Crypto money laundering sees billions of dollars move through financial crimes. Learn more about the main players in the ecosystem.

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Crypto Money Laundering: How Criminals Cash Out Billions in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

Crypto money laundering sees billions of dollars move through financial crimes. Learn more about crypto money laundering and the main enablers of this activity.

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PlusToken Scammers Didn’t Just Steal $2+ Billion Worth of Cryptocurrency. They May Also Be Driving Down the Price of Bitcoin. [UPDATED 3/12/2020]

In addition to stealing $2+ billion worth of cryptocurrency, PlusToken scammers may also be driving down the price of bitcoin. Updated 3/12/2020.

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Chainalysis in Action: DOJ Announces Shutdown of Largest Child Pornography Website

We’re proud to say that Chainalysis products provided assistance on the shutdown of the largest ever child pornography site by amount of material stored.

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Chainalysis in Action: Analyzing a Fentanyl Dealer’s Cryptocurrency Transactions

Many use the darknet markets for fentanyl sales. Read on to learn how Chainalysis helped law enforcement investigate fentanyl trafficking. Click here now.

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Chainalysis Launches First Actionable Real-Time Alerts for Suspicious Transactions Across 15 Cryptocurrencies

Chainalysis launches first actionable and real-time alerts for suspicious transactions called Chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT) for 15 cryptocurrencies.

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Chainalysis KYT Alerts: Detect and Prevent Crypto Crime in Real Time with Fewer False Positives

Chainalysis KYT launched Alerts to detect and prevent real-time cryptocurrency crime with fewer false positives. Now available to all Chainalysis customers.

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All Eyes on Binance Stolen Funds: Can the Thieves Cash Out $40MM USD?

It is common to hear hackers targeting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Learn more from Chainalysis's post on what to do if your organization is hacked.

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Decoding Ransomware Attacks: Who is Behind the Attacks and How do We Investigate Them?

Ransomware is a widespread problem, but Chainalysis has the resources to crack the code by using proprietary heuristics to gain insight into the attackers.