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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…
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…