Crime
Chainalysis in Action: US Government Agencies Seize More Than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Connected to Infamous Darknet Market Silk Road
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil forfeiture complaint against the largest ever seizure of digital assets:…
FinCEN’s $60 Million Helix Fine Reveals how Regulators May Enforce Law on Mixers Moving Forward
This past Monday, October 19, 2020, FinCEN announced a $60 million civil fine against Larry Dean Harmon, operator of cryptocurrency…
Crypto Ransomware Payments Involve Regulatory Risk. Here’s What You Need to Know.
On Thursday, two bureaus within the U.S. Department of the Treasury– the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the…
The KuCoin Hack: What We Know So Far and How the Hackers are Using DeFi Protocols to Launder Stolen Funds
Last Friday, September 25, 2020, hackers stole more than $275 million worth of cryptocurrency from KuCoin in one of the…
Wyoming Partners with Chainalysis to Combat Money Laundering and Illicit Digital Asset Activity
Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today announced its partnership with the State of Wyoming’s Division of Banking, the banking regulator…
Eastern Europe: High Grassroots Adoption, Outsized Darknet Market and Ransomware Activity
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2020 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report. Click here to download the whole thing!…
Chainalysis in Action: Justice Department Demands Forfeiture of 280 Cryptocurrency Addresses Associated with North Korea Exchange Hackers
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed a civil forfeiture complaint against the holders of 280 cryptocurrency addresses involved…
Chainalysis in Action: Department of Justice Announces Takedown of Two Terrorism Financing Campaigns with Help from Blockchain Analysis
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the disruption of two terrorism financing campaigns that utilized cryptocurrency donations (and…
Fighting Back Against SIM Swap Attacks with Blockchain Analysis
Nearly every important service we interact with — email addresses, social media platforms, bank accounts, cryptocurrency wallets — lives on…
Chainalysis In Action: How Law Enforcement Used Blockchain Analysis to Follow Funds and Identify the Twitter Hackers
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of three individuals associated with the July 15 Twitter hack. Mason…
The Twitter Hack: What We Know One Week Later
On Wednesday, July 15, Twitter accounts belonging to prominent individuals including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and many others…
Anonymity Services’ Usage of Cryptocurrency and Role in Cybercrime
Anonymity services refers to a loose category of products and services that allow users to maintain an internet business or…
An Update to Our FutureNet Intelligence Brief
Today, we released an updated version of our intelligence brief on the FutureNet Ponzi scheme. Since publishing the original, we…
Fact Checking Recent Cryptocurrency Terrorism Financing Reports
Our mission is to build trust in blockchains, and as a trusted investigative partner to governments around the world, preventing…
Introducing Chainalysis Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs
We’re excited to announce our new series of Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs! Chainalysis blockchain investigators are constantly identifying new groups…