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Beyond Bitcoin: Tracking the Flow of Funds Across Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Tether, and Other Top Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is not the only game in town Demand for cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin is growing rapidly. Ether, Litecoin, Tether, and…
How Chainalysis Collects and Uses Service-Level Data
Blockchains make cryptocurrency transaction data public and permanently available. They record when a transaction happened, the amounts transacted, and which…
Announcing Our Series B
Reflecting on how far we’ve come and where we’re going...
Crypto Crime Series: Decoding Hacks
As quoted in The Wall Street Journal, this post is the third and final in our “Crypto Crime” series, detailing…
Chainalysis Brings Anti-Money Laundering Solution to Booming Stablecoin Market
— First anti-money laundering compliance solution of its kind now available for stablecoins — As seen in PR Newswire — Chainalysis,…
Crypto Crime Series: Decoding Ethereum Scams
This post is the second in our “Crypto Crime” series, detailing the recent trends in crypto crime and our predictions…
Crypto Crime Series: Decoding Darknet Markets
This post is the first in our “Crypto Crime” series, detailing the recent trends in crypto crime and our predictions…
What to Expect in 2019: Three Predictions for Cryptocurrency Compliance
An abridged version of this blog was published in Bloomberg BNA. Cryptocurrencies made headlines this year for the burst of…
Behind the Scenes with Our Cryptocurrency Investigation Software in 2018
With the year coming to an end, we wanted to give an update focused on the evolution of our investigation solutions throughout 2018.
Understanding 460 Million Bitcoin Addresses and Economic Activity
The Bitcoin blockchain is vast and complex, forming a network of over 460 million cryptocurrency addresses. Yet only 37% of…
How Our Cryptocurrency Transaction Monitoring Evolved in 2018
We consistently hear from customers that they need to be able to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. In April…
Bitcoin Addresses in This Week’s OFAC Announcement
What happened: On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced action against two…
Chainalysis Named to 2018 CB Insights Fintech 250
Honored for Excellence in Regulatory & Compliance Services
Chainalysis Partners with Binance to Tackle Global Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
World’s largest cryptocurrency exchange better equipped to expand in new markets and user segments
The Not-So-Killer Whales of Bitcoin
New data shows that bitcoin’s largest holders are a diverse group that may be stabilizing, rather than destabilizing, the market.
Bitcoin Investors and Speculators Hold Their Positions over the Summer
The cryptocurrency monetary aggregates have been updated for the summer months and show that the market continues to stabilize, in spite of price declines.
Tether: The First Experiment in Cryptocurrency Banking
As one of the first major stable cryptocurrencies to emerge, Tether saw explosive growth in trading volume over the past…
Time Travelling with Satoshi
When block times get out of order with block heights