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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...
P2P Exchange LocalBitcoins Adds Crypto Surveillance Tools From Elliptic
28.7.2020
Elliptic's tracing software bolsters the peer-to-peer exchange's anti-money laundering safeguards
CoolBitX and Elliptic Team Up to Offer Crypto Firms Compliance Tools
21.7.2020
The two companies will provide a package of their respective solutions to crypto firms such as exchanges needing to stay in compliance with regulators
Amir Taaki Knocks Bitcoin Coinjoin Schemes – Calls Methods ‘Absolute Garbage’
21.7.2020
On July 17, the well known Dark Wallet creator and early Bitcoin developer, Amir Taaki, criticized bitcoin privacy methods on Twitter. Taaki claimed that UTXO mixing concepts like Coinjoin were “absolute garbage.” Taaki also knocked other concepts like Mimblewimble and privacy-centric...
CoolBitX Partnering with Elliptic to Address FATF’s Travel Rule
21.7.2020
CEO Michael Ou says Elliptic’s wallet screening tools with CoolBitX’s Sygna Bridge could help firms comply with the FATF travel rule
IRS Seeks Elliptic’s Crypto Tracing Software in Response to COVID-19
17.7.2020
President Donald J. Trump invoked the Stafford act in March, authorizing federal agency funding
Elliptic Follows Chainalysis in Adding Zcash to Monitoring Platform
30.6.2020
Elliptic, the blockchain analysis company, has added privacy coins zcash and horizen to its monitoring platform
Bitcoin ATM Growth May Be a Boon for Money Launderers
24.6.2020
Crypto analytics company CipherTrace found bitcoin ATMs are increasingly being used to send funds to "high-risk exchanges" suspected of facilitating illicit activity
Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit Quantum Computer
22.6.2020
On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more powerful than the quantum computers designed by IBM and Google. With...
Crypto-Friendly Arival Bank Is Launching Today for Those Willing to Disclose Their Bags
4.6.2020
After two years of laying groundwork, crypto-friendly Arival Bank is launching in beta Thursday. But there’s a catch: clients must disclose all wallets
‘Financial Surveillance’ or ‘Blockchain Analysis’? Human Rights Foundation Debates Elliptic
2.6.2020
Blockchain analysis is "a euphemism" for surveillance, HRF Director Alex Gladstein told Elliptic's Tom Robinson during a debate on crypto tracing Monday
Satoshi Nakamoto Had Outside Cryptography Help, Says Early Bitcoin Dev
1.6.2020
Satoshi Nakamoto sought help from expert cryptographers, which allowed him to make Bitcoin secure, says an early developer
Crypto ‘Gray’ Markets Could Be Unintended Consequence of FATF Travel Rule
21.5.2020
Clean bitcoin, dirty bitcoin. Could FATF regulations lead to a bifurcation of the crypto space, one where certain digital assets trade at lower prices?
Blockchain Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Adds 87 Crypto Assets in Arms Race With Chainalysis
20.5.2020
Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic has added 87 new tokens to its analytics offering, expanding its reach to 97% of digital assets by trading volume
20 Blockchain Surveillance Firms Monitor Crypto Networks, But Some Apps Show Inaccuracies
16.5.2020
During the last few years, blockchain surveillance has increased a great deal and in the early days around 2013-14, there were only a handful of firms. Now there are more than 20 blockchain analysis companies that monitor addresses, transactions, and making sure addresses are AML/CFT compliant...