New Trends in the Use Crypto by Criminals
Being at the forefront of helping businesses and agencies detect crypto crime, Elliptic routinely researches new trends in how criminals are using crypto for illicit activitie
Crypto Assets
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First Crypto Criminal Case Involving Attack on a DEX’s Smart Contract
Criminal Case Involving Attack on a Decentralized Exchange. Shakeeb Ahmed used his expertise to defraud the exchange and steal approximately $9 mn in cryptocurrency
FATF Updates Guidance on Virtual Crypto Assets – NFT, DeFi & Stablecoin’s Standards
FATF issues its annual targeted update on the implementation of its standards on Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets
Impact of Sanctions on Сrypto. 5 Steps to Compliance & Blockchain Analysis
Sanctions activity impacting the crypto space has gone into overdrive. The US, EU, UK and other countries imposed major financial and trade sanctions on Russia
Biggest Decentralized Finance Hacks: New Crypto DeFi Crime Trends
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has had a challenging year – losing 75% of its total value locked over the last 11 months. While the crypto crash might have hit investors
US Regulators Intent on Exposing Cryptoasset Mixing Services & Scam Crypto Exchanges
US regulators remain intent on exposing and disrupting cryptoasset mixing services that facilitate illicit activity, undeterred by industry opposition to sanctions imposed
FDIC Deposit Insurance for Crypto Assets: Products, Risks, Coverage
Some customers of crypto companies, such as crypto custodians, exchanges, brokers, wallet providers, and neobanks may be confused about Insurance Coverage
