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Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says in a new report that crypto crime fighting has been effective to some degree. While the amount of crime hasn’t necessarily fallen in recent years, the fight against it has limited criminals to certain platforms when cashing out, transferring their stolen funds into fiat, or engaging in illicit transactions. New Chainalysis Report Says Criminals Don’t Have That Many Enterprises In its report, Chainalysis says most criminals are...

Studie: Ransomware-Gauner machten 2022 40 Prozent weniger Umsatz mit Ransomware Das bekannte Blockchain-Analyse Unternehmen Chainalysis hat für einmal eine ziemlich unterhaltsame Statistik publiziert: Demnach machten Gangster im letzten Jahr 2022 40 Prozent weniger Umsatz. Und wahrscheinlich ist da niemand traurig, wenn sich Lösegelderpressung nicht mehr lohnt. Im Jahr 2022 haben Cyberkriminelle Lösegeldzahlungen in einem Wert von rund 456,8...

More than $3 billion in crypto funds have been stolen this year according to a new report issued by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis: Crypto Theft Has Reached a New High The crypto space is constantly in a rough spot. There are many people out there that are completely against any sort of regulation, as the crypto space was initially established to give traders and users complete financial independence. No prying eyes, no third parties, just people and...

The two fastest growing regions in the category of crypto use and adoption include North Africa and the Middle East. Both areas – between July 2021 and June 2022 – accounted for about nine percent of the world’s crypto transactions according to a report by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis Shows the Mena Region as the Top Crypto Performer Both the Middle East and North Africa make up what’s known as the Mena region, and during the allotted period, that...

The crypto space has been crashing and burning for the past several months, but it’s not just investors that appear to be suffering. Scammers – once so active in this unregulated arena – have also taken quite a few financial hits, suggesting there is some good news to the tribulations and trials being suffered by the crypto industry. Scammers Aren’t Making Much Money Over the past several weeks, we’ve been privy to a wide array of nasty headlines surrounding bitcoin and...

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has put out a recent report claiming that from the beginning of the year up through July, just under $2 billion in crypto funds have been stolen by hackers and cyberthieves around the world. Chainalysis Discusses Ongoing Crypto Theft Losses from crypto hacks surged by more than 60 percent in just the first seven months of 2022 alone. Many of these funds were stolen from decentralized exchanges given that they are far less regulated...

Im Laufe der letzten Woche fielen die Kurse und damit einhergehend das in ihnen angelegte Vermögen nach Total Value Locked (TVL) der wichtigsten Krypto-Assets: Bitcoin und Ethereum fielen um 12,6 bzw. 18,9 Prozent. Die beste Performance war bei den Assets Binance Coin, Polygon und Maker zu beobachten, die um 7,4 Prozent, 21,5 Prozent und 20,8 Prozent an Wert verloren. Als einziges Asset legte Polygon um 0,24 Prozent in TVL zu. In diesem Blogpost wollen wir dieser Entwicklung mit einem...

Audius – a non-fungible token (NFT) music platform – is the latest victim of a cybertheft. Attackers made off with approximately $6 million in digital currency units. Audius Loses a Lot of Crypto The big clincher with Audius is that it puts all the power in the hands of those who share their music with users on the enterprise. As a fully decentralized platform, musicians can post their songs which are then purchased in the forms of NFTs. From there, they earn all the...

The high number of fake crypto trading apps has earned the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The organization is now issuing warnings to traders saying they need to do their due diligence before utilizing a crypto investing platform or application so that they don’t fall victim to potential scams. The FBI Is Noticing a Lot of Fake Crypto Apps The FBI says since the beginning of 2022, nearly 30 separate individuals have lost close to $4 million after...

Mixers within the crypto community are experiencing huge booms in business despite the crypto space crashing like it never has before. Mixers Have Been Quite Active Mixers are individuals or businesses that take digital currencies garnered through illicit means and hide them amongst legitimate assets. The process keeps the identities of the parties receiving the crypto quiet while making it appear as though they are not engaged in illicit activity. As time has gone by,...