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Crime

Crypto and the Opioid Crisis: What Blockchain Analysis Reveals About Global Fentanyl Sales [UPDATED 3/7/24]

Executive summary Here’s a brief summary of the key findings and takeaways from the research presented in this report:  Opioids…

Public Key Podcast

Revolutionizing TradFi: Exploring Stablecoins, Tokenization and Crypto Regulation: Podcast Ep. 55

Episode 55 of the Public Key podcast is here! Tokenization is all the hype, but many are asking what are…

Public Key Podcast

Building Trust and Safety in the Cryptocurrency Threat Landscape: Podcast Ep. 53

Episode 53 of the Public Key podcast is here! With pig butchering and other crypto-related scams plaguing the industry, we…

Crime

DPRK Facilitators Charged and Sanctioned, Shedding Light on North Korean Crypto Money Laundering Processes

On April 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three individuals operating…

Policy & Regulation

The Current State of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in 2023

Blockchain technology has made digital payments faster and easier than ever, and allowed for the proliferation of new cryptocurrencies for…

Public Key Podcast

Everything You Need To Know About Smart Contract Audits: Podcast Ep. 47

Episode 47 of the Public Key podcast is here! In this episode, we talk with David Schwed (Chief Operating Officer…

Crime

How the Dutch National Police Tricked Prolific Ransomware Strain Deadbolt Into Giving Up Victim Decryption Keys

Deadbolt is a ransomware strain that first became active around January 2021, and operates very differently from other notable strains…

Crime

Challenges and Opportunities in Cryptocurrency Sanctions Compliance and How Blockchain Analysis Can Help

This year, the research team at Chainalysis found that illicit activity in crypto reached an all-time high in 2022. Why?…

Crime

Ransomware Revenue Down As More Victims Refuse to Pay

2022 was an impactful year in the fight against ransomware. Ransomware attackers extorted at least $456.8 million from victims in…

Crime

U.S. Authorities Move Against High-Risk Exchange Bitzlato for Providing Money Laundering Services to Ransomware Attackers and Other Russia-based Criminals

Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov for his role as founder and…

Chainalysis in Action

Crypto Crime Has Hit Main Street. Here’s How Local Law Enforcement Can Take Action.

There’s a common misconception that tackling cryptocurrency-based crime is solely in the domain of large national-level law enforcement agencies or elite cybercrime units.

Policy & Regulation

Reporting Obligations of the OECD Crypto Asset Reporting Framework

The OECD recently published their framework designed to help tax authorities administer tax rules when taxpayers invest in Crypto-Assets outside…

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Report

The 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index: Emerging Markets Lead in Grassroots Adoption, China Remains Active Despite Ban, and Crypto Fundamentals Appear Healthy

We’re excited to share with you Chainalysis’ 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index. For the third consecutive year, we ranked all…

News

$2 Million and Counting: How Dozens of Pro-Russian Groups Are Using Cryptocurrency Donations to Fund the War in Ukraine

Pro-Russian social media accounts have collected millions of dollars in crypto donations since the start of the war in Ukraine. Here's how.

Markets

The Trades That Triggered TerraUSD’s Collapse

How did TerraUSD (UST) actually crash? We identify the two traders that broke the peg, the defenses that slowed its decline, and the forces that drove it to collapse.