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Chainalysis Bolsters Executive Leadership With Chief Technical Counsel Hire

Chainalysis Further Expands Government Expertise with Global Policy and Government Affairs Executives Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, has appointed Michael…

FATF Regulatory Guidance Is Here. Now What?

On Friday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the inter-governmental body that sets global standards relating to anti-money laundering and…

Chainalysis Provides Compliance Solution for BITBOX, LINE’s Digital Asset Exchange

BITBOX adopts Chainalysis anti-money laundering compliance solution in anticipation of global cryptocurrency regulation   Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today…

Chainalysis Partners with Lendingblock to Expand Global Compliance Footprint

Lendingblock appoints Chainalysis as its corporate anti-money laundering launch partner ahead of global regulatory guidance ‍ Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis…

All Eyes on Binance Stolen Funds: Can the Thieves Cash Out $40MM USD?

On May 7, cryptocurrency exchange Binance discovered a large scale security breach enabling attackers to withdraw more than 7,000 BTC…

The Economic Impact of Ether Whales on the Market

Cryptocurrency was created to encourage decentralization. However, there is a high degree of wealth concentration among cryptocurrency holders: over 30%…

Decoding Ransomware Attacks: Who is Behind the Attacks and How do We Investigate Them?

Ransomware is a widespread problem. Chainalysis has identified more than 52,000 victims of the attacks, and this likely underestimates the…

Chainalysis Secures Strategic Investment from Japan Fintech Experts for APAC Expansion

Japan-based financial institutions MUFG Innovation Partners and Sozo Ventures among strategic partners   NEW YORK, NY (April 16, 2019) –…

What You Need to Know About FATF’s Forthcoming Regulatory Guidance

Over the past couple of months, the Chainalysis policy team has spoken to customers, partners, and regulators all over the…

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...

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…

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…

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 Partners with Binance to Tackle Global Cryptocurrency Money Laundering

World’s largest cryptocurrency exchange better equipped to expand in new markets and user segments

UN DPRK Panel of Experts Report

You can read the full United Nations DPRK Panel of Experts report here.