Elliptical News

A pro-Israel hacker group stole $81 million worth of crypto from Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, adding to the conflict between the two countries.

The US government and global regulatory efforts had a major effect on crypto compliance over the past few years, according to Elliptic's James Smith.

The companies will combine their strengths to provide enhanced virtual asset service providers screening ability.

Elliptic’s report reveals how the Huione Guarantee marketplace facilitated massive money laundering and cyber scams using Tether transactions.

Elliptic’s statement was framed as a rebuttal to recent articles and letters circulating among the media and U.S. lawmakers this month.

Criminals have moved away from using Bitcoin for money laundering, with stablecoins emerging as an alternative due to accessibility.

Crypto risk management firm Elliptic believes ChatGPT will assist in scaling up intelligence and expose risks to crypto users that “they can’t get anywhere else.“

An Elliptic report commissioned by Nikkei says Asian countries account for over 60% of losses to North Korean hackers and ransomware users; lax security played a role.

Elliptic’s analysis of wallets tied to a suspected Blender operator showed $22 million going to Sinbad as well as similar “characteristics of transactions” between the mixers.

A handful of obfuscation protocols are competing for the user base of OFAC-sanctioned Tornado Cash.

Forecasts predict cryptocurrency criminals laundering more than $10 billion through cross-chain bridges by 2025, leading to calls for holistic screening solutions.

The firm reported that although the market downturn had caused the value of NFTs to “slump,” scammers stole an estimated 4,647 of the tokens in July 2022.

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

The blockchain analytics firm have amassed data points on 98% of the market's digital assets.

“Many BTM operators feel that merely asking for a cell phone number is enough due diligence to absolve them of their mandated KYC requirements,” a Coinsource exec said.