Hacker News
- Cryptocurrency scams cost owners $7.7B in 2021, driven by DeFi-based “rug pulls” https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-crypto-scam-revenues/ 342 comments
- U.S. insurrectionists received $500k in bitcoins from French donor https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/capitol-riot-bitcoin-donation-alt-right-domestic-extremism 211 comments
- Chainalysis in Action: Justice Dept Demands Forfeiture of 280 Crypto Addresses https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/lazarus-group-north-korea-doj-complaint-august-2020 54 comments
- Monero: All About the Top Privacy Coin https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/all-about-monero/ 131 comments cryptocurrency
- Bitfinex Hack Money Launderers Plead Guilty https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/bitfinex-hack-plea-july-2023/ 24 comments cryptocurrency
- How Law Enforcement Tracked Millions’ Worth of Illicit Bitcoin in the Harmon Brothers Cases (Chainalysis) https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/helix-mixer-harmon-brothers-investigation/ 9 comments cryptocurrency
- Data shows that cryptocurrency-related crime is down significantly this year https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/crypto-crime-midyear-2023-update-ransomware-scams/ 22 comments cryptocurrency
- Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades Announces End of Cryptocurrency Donation Efforts https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/hamas-al-qassam-brigades-cryptocurrency-donations-shutdown/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Anonymous Bitcoin user labels nearly 1,000 addresses as Russian government assets in OP_RETURN transactions, spending $300k worth of BTC to do so. https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/russia-bitcoin-op-return-messages/ 66 comments bitcoin
- Illicit activity in cryptocurrency remains a small share of overall volume at less than 1%, Chainanalysis says https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2023-crypto-crime-report-introduction/ 14 comments cryptocurrency
- Support for Ukraine reaches $70 million in cryptocurrencies alone. https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/russia-ukraine-war-cryptocurrency-one-year/ 35 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto scam revenue dropped 46% in 2022 https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-crypto-scam-revenue/ 28 comments cryptocurrency
- Just 0.24% of all crypto transaction volume in 2022 was associated with illicit activity according to Chainalysis https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2023-crypto-crime-report-introduction/ 73 comments cryptocurrency
- How 2022 Crypto Sanctions Affected Crypto Crime - Chainalysis https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/how-2022-crypto-sanction-designations-affected-crypto-crime/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- ISO public data sources about bitcoin / cryptocurrency adoption https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-global-crypto-adoption-index/ 5 comments bitcoin
- Middle East & North Africa’s crypto markets grow more than any other region in 2022 https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/middle-east-north-africa-cryptocurrency-geography-report-2022-preview/ 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for the least crypto transaction volume of any region we study, with $100.6 billion in on-chain volume received between July 2021 and June 2022, which represents 2% of global activity, and 16% growth over the year prior. https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/sub-saharan-africa-cryptocurrency-geography-report-2022-preview/ 8 comments cryptocurrency
- 2022 Global Cryptocurrency Adoption Index https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-global-crypto-adoption-index/ 10 comments cryptocurrency
- How The Ethereum Merge May Impact the Crypto Ecosystem: On-chain Indicators to Watch - Chainalysis https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/ethereum-merge/ 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Chainalysis Reports That $2 billion in Cryptocurrency Has Been Stolen from Cross-chain Bridges Alone Across 13 Separate Hacks so far in 2022. https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/cross-chain-bridge-hacks-2022/ 79 comments cryptocurrency
- Illicit activity’s share of cryptocurrency transaction volume has never been lower - Chainalysis 2022 crime report https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-crypto-crime-report-introduction/ 16 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto from an Analyst's Perspective - Part 4 - "The Issue with NFTs"' https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-crypto-crime-report-preview-nft-wash-trading-money-laundering/ 13 comments cryptocurrency
- DeFi Takes on Bigger Role in Money Laundering But Small Group of Centralized Services Still Dominate https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-crypto-crime-report-preview-cryptocurrency-money-laundering/ 5 comments cryptocurrency
- In 2021, North Korean hacking activity was on the rise once again. From 2020 to 2021, the number of North Korean-linked hacks jumped from four to seven, and the value extracted from these hacks grew by 40% https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/north-korean-hackers-have-prolific-year-as-their-total-unlaundered-cryptocurrency-holdings-reach-all-time-high/ 8 comments cryptocurrency
- North Korean hackers have prolific year as their unlaundered cryptocurrency holdings reach all-time hig https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/north-korean-hackers-have-prolific-year-as-their-total-unlaundered-cryptocurrency-holdings-reach-all-time-high/ 18 comments technology
- Cryptocurrency scams cost owners .7B in 2021, driven by DeFi-based rug pulls https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-crypto-scam-revenues/ 11 comments btc
- Cryptocurrency scams cost owners .7B in 2021, driven by DeFi-based rug pulls https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-crypto-scam-revenues/ 7 comments bitcoin
- Cryptocurrency scams cost owners .7B in 2021, driven by DeFi-based rug pulls https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-crypto-scam-revenues/ 19 comments cryptocurrency
- Chainalysis Launches Support for Lightning Network as Layer 2 Payment Protocol Gains Popularity https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/lightning-network-support/ 22 comments btc
- North America: DeFi Drives Growth in World’s Second-biggest Cryptocurrency Market But Ransomware Is Cause For Concern https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/north-america-cryptocurrency-geography-report-2021-preview 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Indians are trading more ethereum and wETH than bitcoin: Chainalysis Report https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/central-southern-asia-oceania-cryptocurrency-geography-report-2021-preview 17 comments cryptocurrency
- [NEWS] Israeli Government Seizes Cryptocurrency Addresses Associated with Hamas Donation Campaigns https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/israel-hamas-cryptocurrency-seizure-july-2021 23 comments cryptocurrency
- Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week’s Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/capitol-riot-bitcoin-donation-alt-right-domestic-extremism 364 comments technology
- We need cashfusion built into every wallet asap. Zcash and Dash have been added to Chainalysis https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/introducing-chainalysis-investigation-compliance-support-dash-zcash 32 comments btc
- 26% of inherited coins in Bitcoin Cash have been moved https://blog.chainalysis.com/bitcoin-cash/ 19 comments btc