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With regulators handing out $2.5B in fines since 2014, crypto is not the 'wild west' of finance

22.6.2021
A new report from Elliptic has found that unregistered securities offerings account for more than half of all crypto-related fines handed out by U.S. regulators

Iran Is Using Bitcoin Mining to Circumvent Sanctions, According to Elliptic

23.5.2021
Iran is using Bitcoin mining to circumvent and lessen the effect of the economic sanctions that the U.S. and other countries have applied to the country since 2006, according to a new study by Elliptic, a blockchain analytics and financial crime compliance firm. The country is indirectly using...

Who Owns the Mystery Dogecoin Whale Address? Robinhood’s CEO Dismisses Speculation

21.5.2021
Dogecoin has been the talk of the cryptocurrency town for months on end and in recent times, crypto enthusiasts have been discussing the largest holder in the Dogecoin economy. An address with 36.7 billion dogecoin has recently amassed 797 DOGE this week and 3,755 coins during the last month....

Banks increasingly interested in Bitcoin, says Elliptic co-founder

17.2.2021
Several financial institutions in the U.S. are “are seriously considering launching some type of cryptocurrency service,” an Elliptic co-founder said

Darknet’s JokerStash Retiring After Making Over $1B Through Illicit Transactions

12.2.2021
Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic says one of the world's most prolific cybercriminals is going out on their own terms

Proposed FinCen Rule on Crypto Wallets Would Likely Be Ineffective, Elliptic Says

31.12.2020
In its public response to the US Treasury Department’s proposed rule, the blockchain analytics firm has argued that they are likely to be ineffective and counterproductive

Study: Over 13% of All Proceeds of Crimes in Bitcoin Passed Through Privacy Wallets in 2020

10.12.2020
According to a study published by the blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, over 13% of all proceeds of crime in bitcoin (BTC) were laundered via privacy wallets in 2020, up from 2% from the figures posted in 2019. 13% of All Proceeds of Crimes Leveraging BTC Were Laundered Via Privacy Wallets Dr....

Over 13% of Bitcoin Crime Proceeds Laundered Through ‘Privacy Wallets’: Elliptic

9.12.2020
The number of crypto criminals using so-called privacy wallets to help hide their identities is on the rise, according to analytics firm Elliptic

Darknet Markets Face Headwinds After Year of Mixed Results

3.12.2020
Darknet markets are falling off the radar and watching their customer base level off

$1 Billion Silk Road Bitcoin Moves for First Time in Five Years

5.11.2020
At least 69,369 bitcoins, worth about $955 million, were on Wednesday moved from a wallet address that may be linked to the collapsed Silk Road darknet marketplace. This is the first time that the funds have moved from the address — bitcoin’s fourth largest — since April 2015....

Nearly $1B in Bitcoin Moves From Wallet Linked to Silk Road

4.11.2020
A wallet possibly belonging to early darknet market Silk Road moved almost $1 billion-worth of bitcoin early on Wednesday

Kucoin Hack: $17M Laundered Via Decentralized Exchanges, Blockchain Analysis Firm Claims This Can Still be Traced

2.10.2020
Elliptic says the Kucoin hacker has sold $17.1 million worth of tokens via decentralized exchanges (dex) platforms like Uniswap, Kyber Network, Tokenlon. The shift to dex applications comes after centralized projects came to the aid of the beleaguered exchange by blocking any cashing out of...

CipherTrace Outlines Regulatory Gray Zones Plaguing Booming DeFi Sector

1.10.2020
Here's how blockchain analytics firms like CipherTrace and Elliptic are viewing DeFi and DEXs after the KuCoin hack

Elliptic Adds Monitoring Support for Binance Chain and BNB

18.8.2020
Ellipitc is only the second crypto analysis company to support Binance's namesake blockchain

Elliptic Teams With Fireblocks to Automate Security and Compliance in Crypto Industry

13.8.2020
Elliptic has joined forces with Fireblocks to automate anti-money laundering compliance for their shared institutional clients

Elliptic Hires Former Revolut CFO as it Prepares for Asia Expansion

11.8.2020
David MacLean will oversee the crypto tracer's finance and personnel operations

Federal Agents Arrest Suspected 17-Year-Old Twitter Hack ‘Mastermind’ in Florida

1.8.2020
On Friday a 17-year-old Tampa teenager was arrested in Florida for allegedly being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 Twitter hack that saw a great number of high profile accounts compromised. The hack also netted roughly $120,000 worth of bitcoins by leading unknowing individuals...