In the wake of all the cryptocurrency exchanges that have imploded over the past year, including most notably FTX, it should be apparent that centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are centralized financial institutions that perform the same functions that banks provide...
Investigations of cryptocurrency-related cybercrime and expert witness work in cryptocurrency-related litigation have been the most common types of cases CipherBlade has been retained to handle in the past. However, divorce matters related to cryptocurrencies also...
Last month the US Treasury placed sanctions on cryptocurrency mixer Tornado.cash causing a considerable amount of pushback and questions about the suitability and legality of sanctions on Tornado cash. The sanctions on Tornado cash follow an increasing amount of...
Romance scams, which often involve a scammer impersonating someone as part of the scam, aren’t new by any means, but a new breed of romance scam has become incredibly prevalent over the past few years. This breed of romance scam has been referred to as a ‘pig...
What is an NFT? A Non-fungible Token (NFT) is a unique digital asset and piece of data stored on a blockchain. The NFT is a unique token recorded as belonging to a given wallet, and it is not indistinguishable or interchangeable amongst other tokens of the same type....
This past week, the US government took action for the first time to sanction a foreign cryptocurrency exchange, Suex, in an effort to stem the tide against ransomware and cybercrime. This enforcement action puts Suex in the same category as suspected terrorists. Thus,...
The concept of “tainted Bitcoin” or “tainted cryptocurrency” is one of the most misunderstood aspects among Bitcoin enthusiasts. This misunderstanding doesn’t just apply to beginners, but to intermediate/advanced cryptocurrency users and traders, individuals who work...
Richard Sanders, CipherBlade lead investigator and co-founder, was recently featured as a guest on The Crypto Conversation podcast on BraveNewCoin, The Blockchain Detective - Taking on elite cybercriminals & owning them. https://youtu.be/3PFPEudvUGs Rich discusses...
Anyone who has been involved in the cryptocurrency industry for more than a few months is no doubt well aware that data breaches, thefts, hacks, fake hacks are commonplace. This applies to custodial exchanges and services but also on an individual level with a...
Please read this entire article in full before making any ransom payment in Bitcoin Prevention and Importance Ransomware has become increasingly prevalent over the last few years, and not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused cybercrime incidents to...
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