Crypto Basics
How to Evaluate Blockchain Analysis Tools
Successfully operating a crypto business requires tools that help your organization monitor transactions, identify potentially suspicious activity, and address it…
What is Solana?
Solana is a low-fee, high-speed public blockchain designed to overcome the scalability problems of Bitcoin and Ethereum. It currently processes…
Crypto Mixers and AML Compliance
In this article, we explain: what crypto mixers are, how they work, and whether they're compliant with anti-money laundering regulations.
New Layer 1 Blockchains Are Expanding the DeFi Ecosystem, But No Eth Killers Yet
This blog is a preview of our State of Web3 Report. Sign up here to download your copy! Nearly all cryptocurrency…
Cryptoasset Realization: How Cryptocurrencies Are Frozen, Seized, and Forfeited
Investigators have seized billions since Bitcoin’s creation. Learn how these cryptoassets are frozen, seized, sold and distributed.
Is Bitcoin Traceable?
Blockchains may be public, but they're not easy to read. Transaction graphing tools make these otherwise perplexing activities easy to understand, analyze, and see.
Exploring Blockchains: A Simple Guide
Few technologies inspire as much excitement and skepticism as blockchains. On the one hand, they’ve birthed a golden age of…
What is AML and KYC for Crypto?
In just thirteen years, cryptocurrencies have redefined money. It’s little wonder, then, that they’ve also redefined money laundering. Over the…
Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade: Everything You Need to Know
On November 14th, block height 709,632, Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade was activated. The update brings with it improvements to the flexibility,…
3 Common Blockchain Analysis Mistakes that Impede Cryptocurrency Investigations
In many ways, the inherent transparency of blockchains makes cryptocurrency investigations easier for law enforcement than financial investigations involving fiat…
How Governments Regulate Cryptocurrency
In the early days of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies operated in a gray area of the economy. But as financial institutions…
Cryptocurrency Ecosystem Comparison: Bitcoin vs. Ethereum vs. Stablecoins
Cryptocurrency has grown significantly over the last year, but many don’t yet understand how diverse cryptocurrency really is as an…
[REPORT PREVIEW] Mapping the Key Players in the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
Since Bitcoin’s launch in 2009, cryptocurrency has driven new markets, spurred advancements in financial infrastructure, and driven innovative thinking in…
[REPORT PREVIEW] The Crypto Maturity Model: How Traditional Finance Can Adopt Cryptocurrency in Stages
This blog is an excerpt from our new report: The Crypto Maturity Model. Inside, we lay out a framework for…
Exploring How Cryptocurrency Affects the Environment
Cryptocurrency is shifting paradigms in finance. Already, the technology has helped early adopters around the world invent innovative new business…