2/ Don't miss out on our events where #WomenInTech from Chainalysis will be answering questions like:
👉What is web3?
👉What is #blockchain analysis?
👉Why is it important to build trust in this new tech?
2/ With the help of law enforcement & leading orgs in the #crypto industry, more than $30M worth of #crypto stolen by North Korean-linked hackers has been seized.
In this thread, we discuss how the Chainalysis Crypto Incident Response team played a role. bit.ly/3x8Nq86
3/ Much of this is a result of our investigation following the March 2022 theft of more than $600M from Ronin Network, a sidechain built for the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.
1/ How will the Ethereum merge impact the #crypto ecosystem?
In this thread, we look into 3 questions on staking, institutional adoption, and mining to determine the potential impact on crypto markets. bit.ly/3QmSaxF
2/ First question: Will The Merge spur more staking activity on the Ethereum #blockchain?
3/ Staking could become an even more attractive proposition following The Merge for a few reasons.
1/ Mixers are receiving more #crypto than ever in 2022. The 30-day moving avg reached an all-time high of $51.8M worth of crypto on 4/19/22, roughly doubling incoming volumes YoY. Let's break down the increase in mixer usage & where those funds are going. bit.ly/3uIApAQ
2/ Mixers are designed to provide more privacy in #crypto transactions and can be used to obfuscate the source of funds. They create a disconnect between the #crypto funds that users deposit and what they withdraw, making it more difficult to trace the flow of funds.
3/ Mixers’ core functionality, combined with the fact that they rarely ask for KYC information, makes them naturally attractive to cybercriminals. bit.ly/3c7bf8x
The NFT gaming-focused @Ronin_Network announced today a loss of over $625M in USDC & ETH, making it the largest-ever DeFi exploit. We can confirm Chainalysis is tracking the funds on their behalf.
Unfortunately, the hack of @Ronin_Network is the latest in a series of DeFi thefts. In 2021, $3.2B in crypto was stolen from individuals and services — 6x the amount stolen in 2020. ow.ly/ZCRG50IvnEa
$2.3B of those funds were stolen from DeFi platforms & the value stolen from these protocols catapulted 1,330%.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, crypto is taking on an important role in the conflict.
So far, users around the world have donated over $56M in aid to Ukraine. But many are wondering if and how crypto may allow for sanctions evasion. ow.ly/329g50IubWV
What could crypto-based Russian sanctions evasion look like?
There are a few on-chain indicators that we’re monitoring. We’ll walk you through those below.🧵 ow.ly/329g50IubWV
👉 Russian whales moving funds 🐳
Since the invasion, we’ve tracked just over $62M worth of crypto sent from Russia-based whales to other addresses, many of which are associated with OTC desks & exchanges, some of them high-risk. ow.ly/329g50IubWV