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Ambition to Action: The UK as a Digital Asset Hub in 2023

In April 2022, the UK Government and then Chancellor Rishi Sunak first stated the ambition “to turn the UK into…

How 2022’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Sanctions Designations Affected Crypto Crime

Agencies like the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its equivalents in…

Executive Corner: Joan Heald, VP of Public Sector, National Security and Defense

Chainalysis is excited to announce that Joan Heald has joined the company as the Vice President, Public Sector – National…

Busha

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 37] Powering the Digital Asset Transformation in Nigeria and Beyond

Episode 37 of the Public Key podcast is here! In this episode, we talk with co-founders Michael Adeyeri (CEO & CTO)…

Institutional Investment Creates Need for Enterprise-grade Self-custody Solutions

As we discussed on Twitter a few weeks ago, the collapse of FTX and resulting market action prompted large net…

Key Crypto Moments from 2022

This year we witnessed what happens when the crypto community comes together to help the people of Ukraine, the world’s…

Web3 Security

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 36] Web3 Security and Crypto’s $10 Billion Problem

Episode 36 of the Chainalysis Public Key podcast is here! We talk with two Chainalysis senior investigation specialists, Adam Hart…

FTX Investor Impact: Timeline of Realized Cryptocurrency Gains and Losses Shows FTX Hit Investor Wallets Less Than Previous Crises

Allow us to state the obvious: There’s been a lot of doom and gloom in conversations around cryptocurrency over the…

Smart Contracts

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 35] Smart Contracts Could Be The Key To Crypto Mass Adoption

Episode 35 of the Chainalysis Public Key podcast is here! In this episode, we talk with co-founders Andrej Benčić (CEO)…

Crypto Crime Has Hit Main Street. Here’s How Local Law Enforcement Can Take Action.

There’s a common misconception that tackling cryptocurrency-based crime is solely in the domain of large national-level law enforcement agencies or elite cybercrime units.

Why Balance Sheets Are All The Rage In Crypto

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 34] Why Balance Sheets Are All The Rage In Crypto

Episode 34 of Public Key, the Chainalysis podcast, is here! This week we talk with Gil Hildebrand (Chief Executive Officer,…

The Value of The Internet of Value

“There is an opportunity – an imperative – right now for the cryptocurrency industry to harness blockchains’ inherent transparency to build an economic system that holds itself to a higher standard.”

Episode 33 Public Key Assessing The Risk In DeFi Protocols

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 33] Block by Block: Assessing The Risk In DeFi Protocols

Episode 33 of Public Key, the Chainalysis podcast, is here! We talk with Nick Cannon (VP of Growth, Gauntlet) in…

FTX vs. Mt. Gox: How Crypto Reacted to the Last Comparable Exchange Collapse

FTX’s collapse has shaken the cryptocurrency market. But this isn’t the first time crypto has faced significant turmoil related to…

BTC-e Sends $165 Million Worth of Bitcoin to Personal Wallets, Exchanges, and Other Services

Today, BTC-e sent nearly $165 million worth of Bitcoin — representing almost all of the Bitcoin left in the service’s…

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 32] Remittances Are Powering Crypto Markets In Sub-Saharan Africa

Episode 32 of Public Key, the Chainalysis podcast, is here! In this episode, we talk with Ray Youssef,  CEO of…

Announcing Chainalysis Storyline ...

Chainalysis Storyline is Here: Transparency and Clarity for Web3

The blowup of FTX and resulting market tumult has many in cryptocurrency citing the importance of a core, original tenet…

[CHAINALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 31] – Liquid Staking: What Is It And Why Is It Taking Over The Ethereum Blockchain?

Episode 31 of Public Key, the Chainalysis podcast, is here! In this episode, we talk with Mara Schmiedt, the new…