Chainalysis Report Reveals Rising Sophistication in Crypto Crime
Stablecoins now dominate 63% of illicit crypto transactions, surpassing Bitcoin as criminals exploit their speed and regulatory blind spots.
Stablecoins now dominate 63% of illicit crypto transactions, surpassing Bitcoin as criminals exploit their speed and regulatory blind spots.
Latin America has reported a 42.5% year-over-year growth in cryptocurrency adoption, marking it as one of the fastest-growing regions.
Illicit activity involving cryptocurrency has declined so far this year, according to recent research from Chainalysis, but the news is
'Hops' is a very common layering strategy in crypto money laundering that includes moving funds between several intermediary personal wallets.
Emerging markets like Turkey, Thailand, and Brazil are driving stablecoin purchases as a share of national GDP.
Gaza Now's personal wallets received more than $40,000 in inflows in different crypto assets.
Chainalysis estimated that all crypto investors raked in total gains of $37.6 billion in 2023.
Despite diminishing inflows, entities like Tornado Cash couldn’t be completely stopped even after OFAC's designation.
Ransomware payments hit an all-time high in 2023, exceeding $1 billion.
The Chainalysis report reveals that most illicit pump-and-dump schemes on the Ethereum DEX ecosystem fail to generate profit.