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Chainalysis Research Reveals 880% Rise in Global Crypto Adoption Rate

Blockchain data firm Chainalysis has released its 2021 Geography of Crypto Report that includes data on North America, Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, focusing on geographic trends in crypto adoption, usage, and regulation. Why did Vietnam rank #1 in the global crypto adoption index?

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Finance

Chainalysis Adds Bitcoin to Balance Sheet

The crypto tracing firm didn’t disclose how much it bought but said NYDIG facilitated the purchase.

Chainalysis Director of Research Kim Grauer speaks at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

New Chainalysis Report Reveals Who’s Leading the World in Crypto Adoption

The blockchain data firm changed its methodology this year for ranking countries on their level of adoption, with Vietnam and India topping the list.

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Finance

Dapper Labs Taps Chainalysis to Fight NFT Money Laundering

The creator of NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties is working on a way to detect and prevent NFT money laundering and market manipulation.

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Finance

Chainalysis Acquires Cybercrime Investigations Firm Excygent

The deal marks Chainalysis’ first acquisition and follows a $100 million funding round in June.

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Markets

Large Institutional, DeFi Activities Dominate India Crypto: Chainalysis

The blockchain research group thinks the country could soon become a regional hub for cryptocurrency-related investments.

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Finance

Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops

Walletexplorer.com, a block explorer site secretly operated by Chainalysis, has provided law enforcement with “meaningful leads,” the documents say.

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Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops

In the battle to link real-world criminals to their anonymous bitcoin troves, the industry's largest blockchain tracing firm Chainalysis has found a "meaningful" edge: a block explorer website it secretly operates called walletexplorer.com that scrapes visitors' internet protocol (IP) addresses, which has reportedly provided law enforcement with "meaningful leads." "The Hash" squad discusses Chainalysis' strategy in tracking illicit crypto for law enforcement partners and what it illuminates about the crypto ecosystem.

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Who Watches the Chain Watchers?

Chainalysis works within the bounds of the law, exploiting the real privacy issues for public blockchains. That’s not an invitation for blanket, legislative surveillance.

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