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Cybera and Chainalysis Partner to Help Organizations Prevent Financial Cybercrime
Security & Fraud // February 05, 2024

Cybera, a provider of advanced reporting and prevention tools, has launched a strategic integration with Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, to equip government agencies and compliance teams with enhanced insights to combat scams and prevent financial cybercrime.  The integration of Cybera’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven global dataset,...

Stablecoins Gain Ground With Fraudsters Looking to Move Beyond Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency // January 18, 2024

Stablecoins have held the promise of serving as a link between the cryptocurrency realm and traditional financial services. Turns out that nowadays, the digital holdings are also a favorite of fraudsters. Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis found in its latest report on the state of crypto...

Experts Reconsider Banning Ransom Payments as Ransomware Attacks Surge
Cybersecurity // October 25, 2023

Ransomware attacks have surged this year, despite efforts to curb them. As a result, experts are now reconsidering the idea of banning ransom payments altogether, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Oct. 25). Ransomware payments have reached nearly $500 million through September, marking a 50% increase compared to the same...

US Government Urges Global Effort to Combat Ransomware Attacks
Cybersecurity // October 16, 2023

The U.S. government is taking a stand against the growing threat of ransomware attacks by urging other countries to commit to not making ransom payments to hackers. The move comes ahead of an annual meeting in Washington, D.C., of over 45 nations amid a growing...

Interviews & Exclusives
Stablecoins Gain Ground With Fraudsters Looking to Move Beyond Bitcoin

January 18, 2024
Stablecoins have held the promise of serving as a link between the cryptocurrency realm and traditional financial services. Turns out that nowadays, the digital holdings are also a favorite of fraudsters. Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis found in its latest report on the state of crypto crime trends that stablecoins have supplanted bitcoin as a key […]

Chainalysis Says Data and Smart Regulation Critical for Crypto Rehabilitation

March 14, 2023
The year 2022 was one of the most tumultuous in the cryptocurrency industry’s brief history. It was a record year for another reason, too, as illicit crypto transactions hit a...

Crypto Winter Didn’t Chill Fraudsters Ability to Score $20 Billion in 2022

March 06, 2023
Even the criminals have felt the chill of the crypto winter. Kim Grauer, director of research at Chainalysis, told PYMNTS that the state of crypto-related fraud … depends on where...

In 2023, Crypto Must Focus on Transparency and Security

February 09, 2023
The entire crypto industry should strive for the level of transparency seen in DeFi, Chainalysis Chief Product Officer Pratima Arora writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “2023 Payments New Year’s...

Quick Reads
Chainalysis: Crypto Money Laundering Plummets as Transactions Fall

February 18, 2024
Reduced cryptocurrency activity last year helped lead to a corresponding decline in crypto money laundering. That’s according to a recent report on crypto crime from blockchain data firm Chainalysis, which showed that illicit addresses sent $22.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency to services in 2023, a sharp drop from the $31.5 billion sent in 2022.  “Some of this […]

Cybera and Chainalysis Partner to Help Organizations Prevent Financial Cybercrime

February 05, 2024
Cybera, a provider of advanced reporting and prevention tools, has launched a strategic integration with Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, to equip government agencies and compliance teams with enhanced insights to...

Experts Reconsider Banning Ransom Payments as Ransomware Attacks Surge

October 25, 2023
Ransomware attacks have surged this year, despite efforts to curb them. As a result, experts are now reconsidering the idea of banning ransom payments altogether, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Oct. 25). Ransomware payments...

US Government Urges Global Effort to Combat Ransomware Attacks

October 16, 2023
The U.S. government is taking a stand against the growing threat of ransomware attacks by urging other countries to commit to not making ransom payments to hackers. The move comes...