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Crypto Crime Appears To Drop in 2023 As Digital Asset ‘Romance’ Scams Surge by 85x Since 2020: Chainalysis
The amount of funds sent to illicit addresses in 2023 suggests a decline in cryptocurrency-based criminal activities, according to a…
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Tether Protests UN Accusations of USDT Being Used in Crime, Argues Blockchains Are Impractical for Illicit Use
Tether is pushing back against recent accusations from a United Nations agency that its stablecoin, USDT, is used extensively for…
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$225,000,000 in USDT Frozen by Tether Following Investigation Into International Crime Syndicate
The firm behind USDT has voluntarily frozen over $200 million worth of stablecoins to assist the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).…
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House digital assets subcommittee hears testimony on role of crypto in crime and illicit finance
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion heard testimony today from a panel of experts in…
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Chainalysis Teams Up With Deloitte To Surveil the Blockchain and Help Governments Fight Crime
Blockchain data platform Chainalysis and accounting giant Deloitte are announcing a new partnership to help governments with blockchain surveillance. The…
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment sees slow adoption, but crime reduction
Two years after El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, adoption remains low as citizens question the cryptocurrency’s benefits, according…
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Crypto crime drops significantly in 2023, but it’s not all good news
The finding was a part of a recent Chainalysis crypto crime report. Interestingly, ransomware attacks have grown at a striking…
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Crypto crime is down 65% in 2023, though ransomware is still prevalent
Crypto-related crime is down a significant degree in 2023 compared to the preceding two years despite ransomware activity spiking to…
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The myth of the crypto criminal: why crime doesn’t like crypto
In a scene from the 2018 Malaysian film KL Special Force, a police officer questions a man who’s been the…
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North Korean hacking group APT43 found to rely on cryptocurrency crime
Ad A North Korean hacking group called APT43 has been found to be reliant on cryptocurrency, according to a report…
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