The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 14:12:03 +0000

Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.

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A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it’s trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of bitcoin money laundering.

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The Binance Crackdown Will Be an ‘Unprecedented’ Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:56:10 +0000

Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”

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