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Sen. Warren Announces Sanctions Compliance Bill for Crypto Companies
The bill would target foreign crypto companies.

US Bill Targets E-CNY; Russian Sanctions Hurting Public
Chainalysis launches free sanction screening tools. U.S. senators take aim at China’s digital yuan, while Russian sanctions highlight financial sovereignty issues. Tomorrowland to bring music to Web 3 with FTX Europe. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of The “Daily Forkast.”

Chainalysis Exec: ‘Unlikely’ That Russia Is Evading Sanctions Through Crypto
As U.S. lawmakers push the Treasury Dept. to ensure Russia is not evading sanctions with crypto, Salman Banei, Chainalysis head of public policy for North America, responds to the concern, emphasizing the transparency of open blockchain networks. Banei explains how Chainalysis tackles mixers and other DeFi protocols in its cross-chain monitoring.

US Agencies Seized Around $30M of Crypto Related to NetWalker Ransomware Last Year
The January 2021 seizure is the largest related to ransomware, according to blockchain research firm Chainalysis.

Chainalysis Says ‘Criminal Whales' Account for 4% of the Overall Pod
A new report from blockchain research firm Chainalysis says criminal whales held over $25 billion worth of cryptocurrency at the end of 2021.

Ransomware Payments Are Getting Bigger as Hackers Shift Focus to Larger Targets: Chainalysis
New research from blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis shows that ransomware gangs are getting more sophisticated.

New Chainalysis Report Suggests NFT Crime Doesn’t (Always) Pay
More NFT wash traders lost money than made money in 2021, according to the blockchain research firm’s data.

Mastercard’s CipherTrace Used ‘Honeypots’ to Gather Crypto Wallet Intel
In cybersecurity the term “honeypot” refers to a trap for hackers. But what does it mean in the context of on-chain analytics? This story is part of CoinDesk’s Privacy Week series.

Criminals Still Find It Easier to Hide in Fiat Than Crypto
Lawbreakers can run, but not hide, in transparent cryptocurrency networks, argues Gartner cybersecurity expert Avivah Litan.

