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Ransomware Goes Mass Market
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2020 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the full document! On…
What European Cryptocurrency Exchanges Need to Know about 5AMLD
Europe rang in the new year by bringing its fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) into force. Per the European Union’s…
As Exchanges Beef Up Security Measures, Hackers Get More Sophisticated
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2020 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the full document! Currencies…
Terrorism Financing in Early Stages with Cryptocurrency But Advancing Quickly
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2020 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the full document! Cryptocurrency…
Crypto Money Laundering: How Criminals Cash Out Billions in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
Since 2016, criminals have laundered $33 billion worth of ill-gotten cryptocurrency. The network of exchanges that facilitate this laundering—whether intentionally…
Crypto Money Laundering: How Criminals Cash Out Billions in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
Since 2016, criminals have laundered $33 billion worth of illicitly-acquired cryptocurrency. The network of over-the-counter, peer-to-peer, and high-risk exchanges that…
PlusToken Scammers Didn’t Just Steal $2+ Billion Worth of Cryptocurrency. They May Also Be Driving Down the Price of Bitcoin. [UPDATED 3/12/2020]
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2020 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the full document! Scams…
Chainalysis Links Recap: How Can the Cryptocurrency Industry Work with Traditional Finance and Government?
How can cryptocurrency businesses work with stakeholders in government and traditional finance to make the industry safer and ensure continued…
Survey: Financial Institutions See Cryptocurrency’s Growth Potential But Worry About Compliance
Is cryptocurrency set to go mainstream? Adoption rises every year and exchanges are offering more investment products than ever before.…
The 5 Key Types of Cryptocurrency Exchanges
This blog is a preview of our recent webinar on economic flows between cryptocurrency exchanges. You can watch the whole…
Chainalysis in Action: DOJ Announces Shutdown of Largest Child Pornography Website
Today, the Department of Justice announced the shutdown of the largest ever child pornography site by amount of material stored,…
APAC Report Preview: Why Tether Dominates in China
As covered in Bloomberg. It’s no secret that cryptocurrency is popular in China. The country has consistently led the way…
Chainalysis in Action: Analyzing a Fentanyl Dealer’s Cryptocurrency Transactions
The United States is in the throes of a serious opioid epidemic, with overdose deaths rising nearly every year since…
Bittrex Leverages Chainalysis Across Multiple Cryptocurrencies to Become Gold Standard for Compliance
Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, announced the successful deployment of its compliance solution to Bittrex, the premier U.S.-based blockchain trading…
Chainalysis Launches First Actionable Real-Time Alerts for Suspicious Transactions Across 15 Cryptocurrencies
Chainalysis today announced the launch of suspicious cryptocurrency transaction alerts in Chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT), the real-time anti-money laundering…
Chainalysis KYT Alerts: Detect and Prevent Crypto Crime in Real Time with Fewer False Positives
Although most economic activity involving Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is legal, bad actors use Bitcoin for illicit purposes. In most…
Seeking a Bank Account? What the Due Diligence Process Entails for Virtual Currency Businesses
Since the late 1990s, financial institutions have been terminating client relationships and banning entire industry groups from banking services. Regulatory…
Dispatch from D.C.: Libra, Trust, and National Security
Following Facebook’s announcement last month of plans to launch its own private cryptocurrency, Libra, lawmakers intensified their scrutiny of the…