Blockchain Analytics

Blocknative

Blocknative Raises $12M to Follow Crypto Transactions ‘In-Flight’

Danny NelsonJul 14, 2021

The startup has its eyes on the mempool.

Blockchain Analytics

A16z Leads $12M Investment in DeFi-Native Crypto Tracing Firm Nansen

Ian AllisonJun 29, 2021

“We’re not basing our company on some KYC’d version of DeFi coming out in the future,” said Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik.

Congress

Republican Senator Highlights Bitcoin’s Battle in Shedding Criminal Baggage

Danny NelsonJul 15, 2021

Sen. Chuck Grassley is using "deeply flawed" estimates of illicit bitcoin activity to call for closer scrutiny of the industry, according to multiple crypto intelligence firms.

CipherTrace

Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Leads $27M Investment in Crypto Compliance Startup CipherTrace

Danny NelsonJun 22, 2021

The hedge funder’s latest crypto bet adds fuel to CipherTrace’s growing crypto compliance and investigations business.

Blockchain Analytics

Upstart Crypto Tracer Brings ‘Middleware’ to Busy Blockchain Analysis Industry

Danny NelsonJun 21, 2021

Blocktrace’s new product pools multiple data intelligence streams to help investigators demystify high-profile crypto crimes.

Blockchain Analytics

Blockchain Analytics

Elliptic Is Mapping Bitcoin Stolen From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Ian Allison

New research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic asks whether zkSNACKs, the firm behind bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi, is turning a blind eye to stolen coins.

DeFi

CipherTrace Wants to Introduce DEXs to Sanctions Compliance

Nikhilesh De

The new tool uses an oracle on Chainlink to spot crypto wallet addresses on government watchlists.

Cybercrime

Russia’s Darknet Criminals Have Novel Crypto Cash-Out System: ‘Buried Treasure’

Ian Allison

A darknet ad flagged by the crypto sleuths at Elliptic says vendors will bury vacuum-packed physical cash “5-20 cm under the ground.”

Bitcoin Mining

Miner Selling Pressure Declines, Could Fuel Bitcoin Rally, Blockchain Analysis Shows

Damanick Dantes

Miner outflows have slowed since January. The last time this happened, bitcoin went parabolic.

Blockchain Lawyers

Crypto Recovery Lawyer David Silver Joins Coinfirm’s US Board

Jaspreet Kalra

The noted attorney will help defrauded investors recover their wrongfully taken cryptocurrencies as a member of Coinfirm's board in the U.S.

Exchanges

Hackers, Scammers Have Stolen $7.6B in Crypto Since 2011

Benjamin Powers

Billions of dollars have been stolen through exchange hacks and scams, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Crystal Blockchain.

Privacy

‘Digital Mercenaries’: Why Blockchain Analytics Firms Have Privacy Advocates Worried

Benjamin Powers

Blockchain surveillance highlights the tension between further crypto transparency that encourages wider adoption and its cypherpunk roots.