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How Blockchain Data Firms Are Combatting Ransomware Attacks
How Blockchain Data Firms Are Combatting Ransomware Attacks
Cryptocurrency data firm Chainalysis is adding another $100 million in venture capital to a total valuation of $4.2 billion, as crypto’s role in ransomware becomes a mainstrea...
How Blockchain Data Firms Are Combatting Ransomware Attacks

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Crypto Sleuthing Firm Chainalysis Raises $100M, This Time at $4.2B Valuation
It’s the firm’s second $100 million raise this year.
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Hospitals Among the Latest to Suffer Ransomware Attacks: Report
The Eastern European-based hackers have made a practice of collecting their payments in bitcoin.
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The Bitcoin Wallet Used by Colonial Pipeline Hackers Is Identified; Now What?
The Bitcoin Wallet Used by Colonial Pipeline Hackers Is Identified; Now What?
Is bitcoin really untraceable? As blockchain analytics firms such as Elliptic and Chainalysis show, bitcoin transactions are not as secret as some people think. CoinDesk’s Nik...
The Bitcoin Wallet Used by Colonial Pipeline Hackers Is Identified; Now What?

Adoption of Privacy Coins Like Monero is Growing
Adoption of Privacy Coins Like Monero is Growing
New data by the Crypto Directory shows that merchants’ and retailers’ adoption of privacy coins like monero continues to grow. “The Hash” panel discusses the role of privacy c...
Adoption of Privacy Coins Like Monero is Growing

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Ransomware Attacks Growing More Profitable: Chainalysis
Ransomware-linked addresses had at least $81 million in crypto flow in this year, the blockchain analytics firm said in a new report.
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How Common Is Crypto Crime?
How Common Is Crypto Crime?
Regulators like Janet Yellen and industry leaders like Charlie Munger have made headlines in recent weeks for claiming criminals use bitcoin, but how common is crypto crime, r...
How Common Is Crypto Crime?

NYPD Working With Chainalysis on Crypto Investigations
NYPD Working With Chainalysis on Crypto Investigations
City contract records uncovered by CoinDesk reporters indicate the New York Police Department (NYPD) is working with blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis to root out crypt...
NYPD Working With Chainalysis on Crypto Investigations

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NYPD's Crypto Sleuthing Is Powered by Chainalysis, Documents Show
The largest police force in the U.S. has beefed up rules governing who can trace crypto transactions. It’s been using Chainalysis software since 2019.
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Ether’s Record Run Came With Less Support Than Bitcoin’s, Blockchain Analysis Shows
Philip Gradwell of Chainalysis said on CoinDesk TV that “relatively little” ether was bought above $1,850 and even less was bought at $2,000 or above.
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