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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Navigating New Financial Currents: How Banks Can Support Virtual Currency Companies

It’s no secret that one of the biggest challenges facing cryptocurrency/virtual currency companies is obtaining and sustaining a bank account.…

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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…

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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%…

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Regulators Expect Proactive Compliance: Spring 2019 Updates on Cryptocurrency Regulation

International and domestic regulation of cryptocurrency is substantially gathering pace. In the past ten days, four events (and many more…

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Investigations and Compliance in a Multi-Currency World

Read more about our latest multi-currency updates in our press release Starting today, Chainalysis customers can perform real-time transaction monitoring…

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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…

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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…

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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…