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Welcoming Hexagate to Chainalysis and Investing in Prevention

Today we’re announcing that Chainalysis has acquired Hexagate, the leading provider of web3 security solutions that detect and mitigate real-time…

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Chainalysis Appoints Jonathan Levin as CEO

Chainalysis also adds Paul Auvil as Independent Director to the Chainalysis Board of Directors Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, announced…

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In conversation with the world’s first and only standalone virtual assets regulator: Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority

Amidst the resurgence in global crypto markets, governments across the world are working to implement comprehensive regulatory frameworks and enact…

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Ten Years of Innovating with our Customers

Chainalysis celebrates its 10th birthday this spring, and we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come with our customers and how…

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2023 Cryptocurrency Gains by Country

2023 was a year of recovery for cryptocurrency markets, with asset prices and market sentiment improving over the course of…

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KPMG in Canada and Chainalysis team up to help organizations combat illicit crypto transactions

With the ongoing threat of crypto fraud and criminals growing more sophisticated every day, organizations need ever-powerful solutions to help…

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Correcting the Record: Inaccurate Methodologies for Estimating Cryptocurrency’s Role in Terrorism Financing

In recent days following the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel, we have received many questions about how terrorist…

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Chainalysis in Action: How Law Enforcement Tracked Millions’ Worth of Illicit Bitcoin in the Harmon Brothers Cases

Within the span of a few years, two brothers from Ohio were imprisoned for cryptocurrency-related crimes. The first, Larry Dean…

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Crypto and the Opioid Crisis: What Blockchain Analysis Reveals About Global Fentanyl Sales [UPDATED 3/7/24]

Executive summary Here’s a brief summary of the key findings and takeaways from the research presented in this report:  Opioids…

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How We Built Chainalysis’ Robust Knowledge Graph for Solana Transactions

The Solana blockchain has several uniquely sophisticated features, including an account structure with system, token, and stake accounts, the ability…

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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…

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Latin America’s Key Crypto Adoption Drivers: Storing Value, Sending Remittances, and Seeking Alpha

Latin America is the seventh largest cryptocurrency market in our index this year, with citizens of Latin America countries receiving…

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Eastern Europe’s Crypto Market Active, With Spikes in Last Year Driven by Russia-Ukraine War

Eastern Europe is the fifth-largest cryptocurrency market we study, with $630.9 billion in value received on-chain between July 2021 and…

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Middle East & North Africa’s Crypto Markets Grow More Than Any Other Region in 2022

Middle East & North Africa (MENA) may be one of the smaller crypto markets in the 2022 Global Crypto Adoption…

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How Cryptocurrency Meets Residents’ Economic Needs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-saharan Africa accounts for the least cryptocurrency transaction volume of any region we study, with $100.6 billion in on-chain volume…