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Seeking a Bank Account? What the Due Diligence Process Entails for Virtual Currency Businesses
Since the late 1990s, financial institutions have been terminating client relationships and banning entire industry groups from banking services. Regulatory…
Dispatch from D.C.: Libra, Trust, and National Security
Following Facebook’s announcement last month of plans to launch its own private cryptocurrency, Libra, lawmakers intensified their scrutiny of the…
Chainalysis Bolsters Executive Leadership With Chief Technical Counsel Hire
Chainalysis Further Expands Government Expertise with Global Policy and Government Affairs Executives Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, has appointed Michael…
FATF Regulatory Guidance Is Here. Now What?
On Friday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the inter-governmental body that sets global standards relating to anti-money laundering and…
Chainalysis Provides Compliance Solution for BITBOX, LINE’s Digital Asset Exchange
BITBOX adopts Chainalysis anti-money laundering compliance solution in anticipation of global cryptocurrency regulation Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today…
Chainalysis Partners with Lendingblock to Expand Global Compliance Footprint
Lendingblock appoints Chainalysis as its corporate anti-money laundering launch partner ahead of global regulatory guidance Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis…
Navigating New Financial Currents: How Banks Can Support Virtual Currency Companies
It’s no secret that one of the biggest challenges facing cryptocurrency/virtual currency companies is obtaining and sustaining a bank account.…
All Eyes on Binance Stolen Funds: Can the Thieves Cash Out $40MM USD?
On May 7, cryptocurrency exchange Binance discovered a large scale security breach enabling attackers to withdraw more than 7,000 BTC…
The Economic Impact of Ether Whales on the Market
Cryptocurrency was created to encourage decentralization. However, there is a high degree of wealth concentration among cryptocurrency holders: over 30%…
Regulators Expect Proactive Compliance: Spring 2019 Updates on Cryptocurrency Regulation
International and domestic regulation of cryptocurrency is substantially gathering pace. In the past ten days, four events (and many more…
Decoding Ransomware Attacks: Who is Behind the Attacks and How do We Investigate Them?
Ransomware is a widespread problem. Chainalysis has identified more than 52,000 victims of the attacks, and this likely underestimates the…
Investigations and Compliance in a Multi-Currency World
Read more about our latest multi-currency updates in our press release Starting today, Chainalysis customers can perform real-time transaction monitoring…
Chainalysis Secures Strategic Investment from Japan Fintech Experts for APAC Expansion
Japan-based financial institutions MUFG Innovation Partners and Sozo Ventures among strategic partners NEW YORK, NY (April 16, 2019) –…
What You Need to Know About FATF’s Forthcoming Regulatory Guidance
Over the past couple of months, the Chainalysis policy team has spoken to customers, partners, and regulators all over the…
Beyond Bitcoin: Tracking the Flow of Funds Across Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Tether, and Other Top Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is not the only game in town Demand for cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin is growing rapidly. Ether, Litecoin, Tether, and…
How Chainalysis Collects and Uses Service-Level Data
Blockchains make cryptocurrency transaction data public and permanently available. They record when a transaction happened, the amounts transacted, and which…
Announcing Our Series B
Reflecting on how far we’ve come and where we’re going...
Crypto Crime Series: Decoding Hacks
As quoted in The Wall Street Journal, this post is the third and final in our “Crypto Crime” series, detailing…