Rakuten, CipherTrace connect for new Japanese crypto exchange
The partnership will see Rakuten use CipherTrace’s technology in order to ensure compliance to anti-money laundering laws and to better protect consumers.
The partnership will see Rakuten use CipherTrace’s technology in order to ensure compliance to anti-money laundering laws and to better protect consumers.
Cryptocurrency intelligence firm CipherTrace has detailed the many and varied scams, hacks and thefts to have plagued the cryptocurrency community so far this year.
Blockchain security company CipherTrace and Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and users, announced their partnership to enhance the exchange’s robust anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program.
Malta has recruited the assistance of CipherTrace for its cryptocurrency industry, specifically to help with tracking cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain security company CipherTrace released the details of the first Canadian court case to use a Bitcoin expert witness.
The company, which provides compliance solutions and technologies for crypto exchanges, banks and regulators, has been tracking criminal activity around cryptocurrency sector since 2011.
According to CipherTrace’s report, over $950 million in crypto was stolen by hackers – 3.6 times more than what was stolen the previous year.
Cryptocurrency thefts globally are expected to reach over $1 billion this year, about four times the recorded thefts last year.