crypto exchangesElliptic’s report identified payments to Russian crypto exchange Garantex and an unnamed Australian platform for fentanyl products worth billions in street value. The report estimates that these platforms received roughly $50 million in Bitcoin and Tether’s stablecoin USDT. At least 100 Merchants accept crypto payments for fentanyl ingredients as a means to evade sanctions and export restrictions. Fentanyl precursor merchants in China are utilizing centralized crypto exchanges in Russia and Australia to accept digital payments in a bid to evade […]

Crypto WhaleThis crypto whale wallet has been dormant for over 8 years and received tokens from Ethereum’s initial coin offering in 2015. The whale moved 61,216 ETH worth $116 million to an unknown wallet and then to an address linked to the crypto exchange Kraken. Ethereum’s ICO sold coins at 31 cents per token, while prices have since climbed to $1900 at press time and previously peaked at $4,878 in November 2021. A crypto whale wallet transferred 61,216 Ether tokens received […]

ArkhamArkham’s Intel Exchange will only support publicly verifiable data, info on hacks, sources of alpha, and market movement analysis. The guideline is part of Arkham’s response to privacy concerns voiced by the community ahead of the July 18 launch. Revenge posting or private data trading will not be allowed on the Intel Exchange, the blockchain insight provider reaffirmed on Friday Arkham released guidelines for bounty submissions and trading activity on its upcoming Intel Exchange following overwhelming privacy concerns from the […]