Research Suggests Bitcoin Buying Ramps Up When Traditional US Markets Open
While bitcoin and a number of digital assets set new 2020 price highs, a variety of crypto-asset commentators have detailed that since October, there’s been a lot of bitcoin...
Chainalysis and Integra Win $1.25 Million IRS Contract to Break Monero
Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis and data forensics company Integra Fec have won a combined $1.25 million contract to provide tools that break the privacy-focused coin, monero, for the U.S....
Crypto Crime Fell Sharply to Only 0.3% of All Cryptocurrency Activity in 2020
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...
Chainalysis Launches Investigative Software program For ERC-20 Tokens
Chainalysis, a service exploring the Ethereum community, has opened a compliance software forward of the upcoming stricter necessities for digital asset transfers. Thus far, Chainalysis has been expert at...
Former Hacking Crew Members Will ‘Transition Out’ of Coinbase
In an try to rectify the continued public relations nightmare for Coinbase, CEO Brian Armstrong has said that former members of Hacking Crew can be transitioned out of the...
The Daily: Crypto Wallet Raises $15 Million, Localbitcoins Suffers Vulnerability
In today’s edition of The Daily we feature another recent example of venture capital infusion into the cryptocurrency space as Japan’s SBI invests in the BRD wallet. We also...
Darknet Update: Hydra Reigns, Monero Acceptance Climbs, Russian State Collusion Questioned
At the end of 2020, darknet markets (DNM) set new records as marketplaces like White House and the Russian-language DNM Hydra led the pack. A report published on May...
Report: Two Hacker Groups Stole $1 Billion From Crypto Exchanges
A new report alleges that just two groups of hackers dominate the majority of cybercrime directed against cryptocurrency exchanges. Together, these groups have responsible for stealing about $1 billion...
Study Finds Less Than 40% of BTC Addresses Are Economically Relevant
The number of unique addresses on the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network is constantly growing but only 37 percent of them are “economically relevant,” according to a recent study by...
