Policy & Regulation
OFAC Highlights the Importance of Ransomware Prevention & Reporting in Latest Advisory
On Tuesday, September 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated advisory…
Chainalysis in Action: OFAC Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that Received Over $160 million from Ransomware Attackers, Scammers, and Darknet Markets
Want to learn more about the sanctions against Suex and what this means for the larger fight against ransomware? Watch…
Not All Blockchain Analysis Providers Are the Same and Other Insights from FATF’s Second 12-Month Review
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the inter-governmental body that sets global standards relating to anti-money laundering and combating…
FATF’s Proposed Updated Guidance for Cryptocurrency Regulation: Everything You Need to Know
On March 19, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released proposed updates to its 2019 guidance for how member…
U.S. Government Targets Russian Influence Operations with Cryptocurrency Nexus
Today, in coordination with the issuance of a new Executive Order and a six-count federal indictment from the Department of…
15% of All Ransomware Payments Made in 2020 Carried a Risk of Sanctions Violations
Last week, the United States sanctioned several groups and individuals due to their association with disinformation campaigns coordinated by the…
Notabene and Chainalysis Partner to Bring Scalable Travel Rule Solution to Cryptocurrency Businesses
Cryptocurrency businesses are working hard to meet new regulatory requirements regarding counterparty risk. Perhaps the most notable of these requirements…
Chainalysis’ Formal Response to Treasury’s Proposed Rules Regarding Unhosted Cryptocurrency Wallets
In December, the U.S. Department of the Treasury submitted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register that…
What You Need to Know About Treasury’s 72-page NPRM for Transactions with Unhosted Wallets and Certain Foreign Jurisdictions
On Friday evening, the U.S. Department of the Treasury submitted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register…
Indirect Exposure: Why You Need to Look Beyond Direct Counterparties to Understand Cryptocurrency Address Risk
In blockchain analysis, the best way to assess the risk of a cryptocurrency address or group of linked addresses (e.g.,…
DeFi Regulation: With Rapid Growth, Regulatory Status and Compliance Requirements Remain Unclear
DeFi’s extraordinary growth has been one of cryptocurrency’s biggest stories of 2020. The total value received by DeFi protocols has…
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…
Banks Need to Understand Their Cryptocurrency Exposure Even If They Don’t Take Custody of Cryptocurrency
Recent developments in the United States suggest regulators are preparing for continued digital asset adoption, and expecting financial institutions to…
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…
FATF Aids Industry With List of Red Flags for VASPs, Underscoring Importance of Blockchain Analysis
Last week, FATF released a document for financial regulators and enforcement agents listing several red flags in cryptocurrency transactions and…