Whale continues $154M dumping spree with 5K ETH deposit to OKX

Lookonchain wrote that the whale bought 1 million tokens during the Ethereum initial coin offering.

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How law enforcement struggles with sophisticated crypto laundering

Advanced crypto laundering techniques continue to challenge law enforcement and crypto-related services, as highlighted in a new Chainalysis report on money laundering.

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Money Laundering in Cryptocurrency: Trends and Detection Techniques

Chainalysis highlights emerging trends and innovative techniques for detecting and investigating money laundering in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. (Read More)

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Cyprus calls for collective crackdown on crypto terror financing

The alert serves as a reminder of the critical role financial professionals play as gatekeepers in the fight against financial crime.

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Remilia hacker moves $4.3M to Tornado Cash

On March 16, millions of dollars worth of non-fungible tokens and Ether was stolen from the Remilia DAO and transferred to an unknown wallet address.

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Insider trading claims over MAGA token sell-off debunked as MEV bot activity

An insider sold MAGA tokens worth over $1 million, sparking debate over market manipulation and revealing potential MEV bot activity.

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Solana Buckles Downtrend with a 4-5% Increase in Capital Inflows on Par with XRP.

Solana experiences 4-5% in the increase of realized capital after months of outflows, equalizing with the growth of XRP and suggesting a possible recovery.

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FDUSD Depeg: Wintermute Rescues Situation in 24 Hours

FDUSD depegged to $0.87, and Wintermute capitalized on it, making $3 million in profit

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Crystal Blockchain Study Reveals $16.7 Billion in Crypto Assets Stolen Since 2011

Crystal Blockchain, a company that provides blockchain data and analytics, published a study covering security breaches, fraud, and scams related to cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (defi). According to the study, approximately $16.7 billion in crypto assets have been stolen since 2011. Last year, Crystal’s intelligence team documented 199 incidents resulting in the theft of $4.17 [...]

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64% of staked ETH controlled by five entities — Nansen

New report by Nansen delves into the distribution of staked ETH, respective holders and possible ramifications as The Merge looms.

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Curve Finance exploit: Experts dissect what went wrong

Attackers who hijacked Curve Finance’s landing page moved quickly to convert stolen funds to various tokens through different exchanges, wallets and mixers.

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Three-quarters of BTC addresses still in profit despite market decline: Glassnode

The report by Glassnode also revealed that up to 60% of the transaction volume is in what it calls “profit dominance”, and long-term holders are the most likely to be in the green.

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Bitcoin price falls to $29.5K, but on-chain data reflects investors’ growing interest

Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below the $30,000 level on July 18, which given the developments of the last month, retail investors may not have expected, but does today’s downside move represent an upcoming shift in the trend?  Data suggests that over the longer-term it does not. To get to the positives first, Bitcoin price is [...]

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Elliptic to Utilize Chatgpt in Intelligence Gathering

Blockchain analytics company Elliptic said it’s going to use Openai’s Chatgpt to support its intelligence gathering and research. The AI-based language model will allow its experts to speed up and expand the analysis of new risks related to crypto assets. Blockchain Forensics Firm Elliptic to Employ Chatgpt London-headquartered Elliptic, a leader in blockchain analysis and [...]

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