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2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 2: China-based CSAM and Cybercrime Networks On The Rise, Pig Butchering Scams Remain Lucrative

Sensitive content warning This article will touch on topics of criminal activity that readers may find distressing, including Child Sexual…

Crypto crime

2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 1: Cybercrime Climbs as Exchange Thieves and Ransomware Attackers Grow Bolder

Key findings Aggregate illicit activity on-chain has dropped by almost 20% year-to-date, demonstrating that legitimate activity is growing more quickly…

Crypto Investigations Solution
Crypto crime

How the Chainalysis Crypto Investigations Solution Supports Cases From Lead Discovery to Illicit Seizures

Just over a decade ago, few people understood the emerging technologies surrounding cryptocurrency and blockchain, and even fewer investigators knew…

Malign Interference and Crypto
Crypto crime

[REPORT PREVIEW] Malign Interference and Crypto: How Crypto Transaction Tracing Can Expose and Disrupt Malign Influence Efforts

This blog is a preview of our Malign Interference and Crypto Report. Discover the role crypto plays in facilitating disinformation…

Crypto crime

[REPORT PREVIEW] Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency: Trends and new techniques for detection and investigation

This blog is a preview of our Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency Report. We’re excited to debut first-of-its-kind research that dives…

Crypto crime

Public Sector Survey Preview: The 2024 State of Cryptocurrency Investigations Report

This blog is a preview of our 2024 State of Cryptocurrency Investigations Report, which was compiled using insights from our…

Crypto crime

Cracking Down on Sim-Swapping, Pig Butchering, and Crypto Crimes: Podcast Ep. 114

Episode 114 of the Public Key podcast is here and as we all know, cryptocurrency has always been unchartered territory…

Crypto crime

Ransomware and the Crypto Threat Landscape in 2024: Podcast Ep. 113

Episode 113 of the Public Key podcast is here and this is our “Live from Links” series, where we showcase…

Crypto crime

The Response to North Korea’s Crypto Heists: Podcast Ep. 109

Episode 109 of the Public Key podcast is here and this is our “Live from Links” series, where we showcase…

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Crypto crime

How To Use Blockchain Intelligence To Investigate Crypto Crime

With a global market capitalization exceeding $2 trillion, regulation increasing worldwide, and adoption growing each year, cryptocurrency is here to…

Crypto crime

Examining the Impact of Ransomware Disruptions: Qakbot, LockBit, and BlackCat

A historic surge of ransomware incidents and payment totals in 2023 was not without resistance, as significant actions were taken…

Crypto crime

Former IRS-CI Chief Jim Lee: Why I’m Joining Chainalysis

After 29 years, including more than three as Chief of the IRS-CI, my last day of government service was March…

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Intellectual Property Infringement: Crypto Used in Sales for Illicit Streaming Services and Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals

As with all new technologies, malicious actors have found ways to exploit cryptocurrency, despite its transparency and traceability. These actors…

Crypto crime

Darknet Market Revenues Rise In 2023 As Markets Develop Role Specialization

Darknet markets were one of two categories of crypto crime that saw revenues rise in 2023. In total, darknet markets…

Crypto crime

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…