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Chainalysis Rolls Out Real-Time Threat Detector for 15 Major Cryptos
25.8.2019
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis launches alerts for suspicious cryptocurrency transaction
Privacy Is a Human Right Worth Fighting For
23.7.2019
Privacy is a basic human right. It’s there in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence.” Attaining that right in an era of dragnet surveillance, mass data breaches, state-sponsored hacks...
IRS Agents Propose Draconian Tactics to Investigate Bitcoin Users
9.7.2019
A recently published U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) slide describes alarming recommendations on how tax agents should deal with digital currency users who are not paying taxes. The slide recommends that agents question crypto users’ friends and family, comb through social media posts...
Chainalysis Appoints Former FinCen Officer as Technical Counsel
26.6.2019
Former FinCen and U.S. DoJ official Michael Mosier has joined blockchain analytical firm Chainalysis as its new Chief Technical Counsel
Chainalysis Hires FinCEN Vet to Tackle Crypto’s New ‘Travel Rule’ Challenge
26.6.2019
Chainalysis has hired a FinCEN official to help crypto firms comply with tough new FATF data-sharing requirements
Chainalysis Whistleblower Shares Company Secrets in Explosive AMA
25.6.2019
A current or former Chainalysis employee has gone rogue and conducted an AMA on r/Bitcoin in which he disclosed sensitive information about the company’s blockchain forensics capabilities. The whistleblower then appears to have had a change of heart and deleted all their comments. Thankfully...
Chainalysis: 64% of Ransomware Attackers Launder Proceeds via Crypto Exchanges
1.6.2019
U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis claims that 64% of ransomware attack cash-out strategies involve the laundering of funds via cryptocurrency exchanges
Biggest Heists in Bitcoin History and How They Were Pulled Off
1.6.2019
Bitcoin’s history is rife with hacks and heists, sometimes resulting in six-figure bitcoin losses and businesses going bankrupt, unable to pay their customers back. A new video by Bitcoin.com explores the largest bitcoin heists in history and explains how each one was pulled off. Also read:...
Chainalysis Research: Speculation Remains Bitcoin’s Primary Use Case
31.5.2019
Research from U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis shows that only 1.3% of economic transactions for bitcoin came from merchants in the first four months of 2019
Just 376 People Own 33% of the World’s Ether, Chainalysis Report Says
16.5.2019
A third of the world’s ether is owned by just 376 people, according to Chainalysis research
Just 376 Individuals Hold 33% of All Ether Cryptocurrency: Chainalysis
16.5.2019
A third of all ether is owned by just 376 whales, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says. Yet that number is down from some previous years