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DeFi Has Become Crypto Crime’s Main Arena, Crystal Blockchain Says
27.7.2022
More than $14.5 billion in crypto has been lost to hacks and scams since 2011
US Rep. Josh Gottheimer Proposes $3M Boost to Treasury’s Crypto Crime-Fighting Unit
25.7.2022
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) has proposed an amendment to a federal budget bill that would give the Treasury Department an additional $3 million to fight crypto-related crime in 2023
Chainalysis Launches 24/7 Hotline for Crypto Crime Victims
22.6.2022
Ransomware actors raked in all-time-high of $731 million in crypto payments in 2021 – and 2022 is on track to be another record year for crypto-enabled cyber crime
US Justice Department Urges More Coordination to Combat Crypto Crime
7.6.2022
A new report from Justice responds to this year’s executive order from President Joe Biden, marking some of the first recommendations produced by the order
Chainalysis Reveals ‘Storyline’ Product to Follow the Money in Crypto Crime
18.5.2022
“You have an entire investigation that tells the entire story of what happened,” Chief Scientist Jacob Illum said
How Big Is Crypto Crime, Really?
9.5.2022
Estimates of the scale of online crime range from under 1% to nearly half of all crypto activity – so CoinDesk looks under the hood
Making crypto conventional by improving crypto crime investigations worldwide
30.4.2022
Law enforcement needs to be better educated — alongside regulators and policymakers — to truly make a difference and unlock further crypto mass adoption
Blockchain forensics is the trusted informant in crypto crime scene investigation
26.2.2022
As mainstream adoption of crypto increases, blockchain forensics is enabling law enforcement to recover stolen crypto, making the space more secure
Report Attributes Large Share of Global Crypto Crime to Russia, Moscow City
16.2.2022
The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies has placed Russia among the leaders in adoption. But while it is yet to reach the top of the ranking, the country already has a “disproportionate share” of global activity related to some forms of crime involving cryptocurrency, according...
Crypto crime’s overall impact set to fall even further in 2022: Chainalysis
14.1.2022
“Cash is still king when it comes to illicit finance, and that is not likely to change,” says Chainalysis researcher Kim Grauer
Crypto Crime Still Rising in China Despite Crackdown, Warn Authorities
24.11.2021
Reports from Chinese provincial law enforcement agencies appear to show that crypto crime is still on the up – despite a nationwide crackdown on crypto and mining exacted in September this year....
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FBI Helps to Train Nigerian Crypto Crime Investigators
29.8.2021
The United States government through the FBI recently helped to run a training exercise whose goal is to enhance the capacity of Nigerian cryptocurrency crime investigators, the U.S. Mission Nigeria (USMN) has said. The exercise saw over 50 Nigerian investigators and prosecutors participate....
Digital intelligence must overcome challenges to solving crypto crimes
20.8.2021
Changing an intelligence agency's perspective on crypto crime is the next step toward a successful crypto investigation
Crypto Crime Falls in China, Surges in Hong Kong, Reports Reveal
5.8.2021
China’s cryptocurrency transactions related to criminal activities have decreased significantly over the past couple of years, a new report suggests. At the same time, its special administrative region of Hong Kong is seeing a spike in crypto-related crime this year, with authorities...
China crypto crime: Still ‘top ranked’ for illicit activity but crime is falling
4.8.2021
Chinese wallets both sent and received more than $2 billion worth of crypto associated with illicit activities between April 2019 and June 2021
Ciphertrace Report Shows Crypto Crime Moving to Defi
15.5.2021
Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance (defi) apps and protocols. Now, the impact these hacks and exploits represent is way bigger than the one classic hacks to centralized exchanges and other scams...
Uber Says "Maybe" & "No" To Bitcoin, Yellen On Crypto Crime + More News
11.2.2021
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Uber has “quickly dismissed” the idea of buying bitcoin (BTC) with the cash on its balance sheet, because the company...
Crypto crime dropped 57% in 2020 but DeFi hacks surged: CipherTrace
29.1.2021
Crypto crime rates are dropping despite a massive increase in attacks targeting the DeFi sector, reports security firm CipherTrace
Crypto Crime Fell Sharply to Only 0.3% of All Cryptocurrency Activity in 2020
23.1.2021
A study by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis finds that cryptocurrency-related crime has fallen significantly. The criminal share of all crypto activity fell to just 0.34% in 2020. This contradicts recent statements by U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen and ECB President Christine...
European Parliament Petitioned to Create Crypto Crime Compensation Fund
19.1.2021
A petition has been submitted to the European Parliament, asking to implement a scheme to compensate crypto-related victims. The crimes mentioned in the petition 0421/2020 include fraud, piracy, and extortion. Petition’s Author Represents Victims in the Bitsane Alleged Scam Case According...