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Breadth, Depth, And Quality: Why Comparing Blockchain Analytics Vendors by Cluster Count Is Only Part of the Calculation

Learn why cluster count is an incomplete metric for evaluating blockchain analytics and how prioritizing data quality can prevent false leads.

OFAC Updates ISIS-Khorasan Sanctions with Over 100 Cryptocurrency Wallets

OFAC updates ISIS-Khorasan designation with over 100 TRON and Monero wallet addresses.

Chainalysis Supports Robinhood Chain with Automatic Token Support

Chainalysis is excited to announce support for Robinhood Chain, a permissionless layer 2 purpose-built for on-chain financial services and RWAs.

An Ontology for Accountability: Defining What Data Quality Means in Blockchain Analytics

A new ontology for blockchain analytics to establish rigorous evidentiary standards, ensuring data quality, accountability, and forensic reliability.

10 Questions to Ask Your Blockchain Analytics Provider about Data Quality

Blockchain analytics tools provide critical intelligence to compliance teams, regulators, and investigators.

Inside a Sandwich Attack: Lessons From the $7.5 Million Heist Against JaredfromSubway.eth

JaredfromSubway.eth, operator of the most notorious MEV sandwich bot on Ethereum, was drained of $7.5M in a honeypot exploit. See how it happened on-chain.

OFAC Sanctions ISIS Operators for Financing Terror Group with Crypto

OFAC sanctioned three individuals and six entities, including three crypto companies, for moving crypto to the terror group ISIS.

Brazil’s Maturing Market Meets Maturing Threats: How Global Crypto Crime Trends Are Landing in Latin America’s Largest Market

Chainalysis data reveals how cartel money laundering, Chinese-language laundering networks, and Russian sanctions evasion are converging in Brazil's $318B crypto market, and what new regulations mean for compliance.

Mercado brasileiro amadurece e enfrenta ameaças cada vez mais sofisticadas: como as tendências globais do crime com cripto estão chegando ao maior mercado da América Latina

Chainalysis data reveals how cartel money laundering, Chinese-language laundering networks, and Russian sanctions evasion are converging in Brazil's $318B crypto market, and what new regulations mean for compliance.

Seeing the Full Picture: Why Pre- and Post-Designation Exposure Changes Everything in Sanctions Screening

Pre- and post-designation exposure aren't the same risk. See how Chainalysis splits sanctions screening by time so compliance teams triage with precision.

Approval Phishing: From Just One Case to Full-Scale Disruption

What is approval phishing? Scammers reuse the same wallets across victims and abuse a legitimate approval feature, so a single case can expose their entire network. Learn how to detect and disrupt it at scale.

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OFAC and Crypto Crime: Every OFAC Specially Designated National with Identified Cryptocurrency Addresses

Learn how OFAC sanctions impact crypto crime along with a running list of OFAC’s crypto-related sanctions to date. Stay updated here.

How Ghana’s EOCO and the UK NCA are Using Blockchain Analysis to Return $15 Million to Fraud Victims

Learn how Ghana's EOCO and the UK NCA used Chainalysis Reactor to trace and seize $15.1M in crypto fraud proceeds and return funds to victims.

Global Law Enforcement Dismantles ‘AudiA6’ Crypto Laundering Network Linked to Ransomware Gangs

An international law enforcement operation has dismantled "AudiA6," a prolific cryptocurrency laundering service.

Chainalysis and the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) Sign MoU to Strengthen Virtual Asset Investigation Capabilities

Chainalysis signed an MoU with the Korean National Police Agency to deepen cooperation on virtual asset crime investigation.

The Hidden Code Problem: How Unverified Smart Contracts Are Becoming a Preferred Target for Attackers

In the last six months, at least $36.7 million has been stolen from protocols whose source code was never publicly verified.

The $100 Million Crypto “Looksmaxxing” Boom: How Chinese Cartel Suppliers Pivoted to the Gray-Market Peptide Ecosystem

The gray market peptide trade is now a $100M+ on-chain economy. Chainalysis traced the cartel chemists pivoting to looksmaxxing buyers.

Agentic Payments Cross the Threshold: Inside x402’s Path to Meaningful Adoption

x402 agentic payments on Base crossed 100 million transactions in three quarters. See what Chainalysis on-chain data reveals about real adoption.