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2023 Cryptocurrency Gains by Country
2023 was a year of recovery for cryptocurrency markets, with asset prices and market sentiment improving over the course of…
Best of Public Key’s Pig Butchering Discussions – Ep. 98
Episode 98 of the Public Key podcast is here and in a Public Key first, we are going to take…
2024 Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report Preview – Ep. 97
Episode 97 of the Public Key podcast is here! The highly anticipated Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report is being downloaded…
DeFi Regulation: Practical Next Steps to Make the Industry Safer
How Decentralized Finance (DeFi) should be regulated is part of a broader debate about how we control technologies that operate…
Uncovering the World of Seized Digital Assets: Podcast Ep. 96
Episode 96 of the Public Key podcast is here! From Silk Road investigations to assisting countries create their Asset Forfeiture…
The On-chain Footprint of Southeast Asia’s ‘Pig Butchering’ Compounds: Human Trafficking, Ransoms, and Hundreds of Millions Scammed
Romance scams, also known as “pig butchering scams” for the way bad actors say they “fatten up” their victims to…
U.S. and U.K. Disrupt Lockbit Ransomware Group and Indict Two Russian Nationals While OFAC Levies Sanctions
On February 20, 2024, the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA), alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), announced the disruption of…
Everything You Need To Know About Stablecoin Regulation Podcast Ep. 95
Episode 95 of the Public Key podcast is here! Stablecoin regulations have been slowly popping up around the world. In…
Money Laundering Activity Spread Across More Service Deposit Addresses in 2023, Plus New Tactics from Lazarus Group
The goal of money laundering is to obscure the criminal origins of funds so that they can be accessed and…
Linea x Hexagate: Building the World’s Most Secure L2
On a mission to build the world’s most secure Layer-2, Linea has partnered with Hexagate to provide proactive threat protection…
Future of Blockchain Investing with Alon Goren – Ep 94
Episode 94 of the Public Key podcast is here! “we invest in two people and an idea” is not a…
Ransomware Payments Exceed $1 Billion in 2023, Hitting Record High After 2022 Decline
In 2023, ransomware actors intensified their operations, targeting high-profile institutions and critical infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and government agencies. Major…
Stopping Pig Butchering and Crypto Scam Epidemic Podcast Ep. 93
Episode 93 of the Public Key podcast is here! Investment schemes, pig butchering and romance scams are plaguing the crypto…
Kevin O’Brien named President of Chainalysis Government Solutions
Chainalysis is excited to announce that as of today, Kevin O’Brien will serve as the President of Chainalysis Government Solutions…
54% of ERC-20 Tokens Listed on DEXes in 2023 Display Patterns That May Be Suggestive of Pump and Dump Schemes, but Represent just 1.3% of DEX Trading Volume
For most of the research that we publish in our annual Crypto Crime Report, the data tells a clear story.…
The Rise of Malicious DApps in Web3 with Raz Niv – Ep 92
Episode 92 of the Public Key podcast is here! When we were recording this episode with Raz Niv (Co-founder and…
Hexagate’s Security Platform: ‘Run-time’ Security for Web3 Organizations
As the adoption of blockchain technology grows, so does the responsibility to protect it against threats unique to its decentralized,…
Funds Stolen from Crypto Platforms Fall More Than 50% in 2023, but Hacking Remains a Significant Threat as Number of Incidents Rises
Over the last few years, cryptocurrency hacking has become a pervasive and formidable threat, leading to billions of dollars stolen…