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Crypto Fraud in the UK

Crypto Fraud in the UK

March 24, 2023

TRM Talks Policy | March 2023

TRM Talks Policy | March 2023

March 23, 2023

ChipMixer Takedown: On-Chain Analysis Shows Ransomware Syndicates and DNMs Used Mixer to Launder Illicit Proceeds

ChipMixer Takedown: On-Chain Analysis Shows Ransomware Syndicates and DNMs Used Mixer to Launder Illicit Proceeds

March 16, 2023

TRM Labs Appoints Georgetown Law Professor Chris Brummer as a Senior Advisor

TRM Labs Appoints Georgetown Law Professor Chris Brummer as a Senior Advisor

March 16, 2023

Digital Asset Developments in South Korea: Balancing Innovation and Risk

Digital Asset Developments in South Korea: Balancing Innovation and Risk

March 15, 2023

Crypto-related crime in Australia: What court records tell us, and what lies ahead

Crypto-related crime in Australia: What court records tell us, and what lies ahead

March 15, 2023

FATF Releases Pivotal Report on Ransomware

FATF Releases Pivotal Report on Ransomware

March 14, 2023

TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord Named Vice Chair Of New CFTC Technology Advisory Committee

TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord Named Vice Chair Of New CFTC Technology Advisory Committee

March 14, 2023

TRM Labs Launches On-Demand Crypto Compliance and Investigations Certifications in TRM Academy

TRM Labs Launches On-Demand Crypto Compliance and Investigations Certifications in TRM Academy

March 9, 2023

U.S., U.K. and the World Look to Central Bank Digital Currencies

U.S., U.K. and the World Look to Central Bank Digital Currencies

March 8, 2023

Enabling a Safe and Productive Digital Asset Economy: TRM’s Response to Australia’s Token Mapping Consultation

Enabling a Safe and Productive Digital Asset Economy: TRM’s Response to Australia’s Token Mapping Consultation

March 6, 2023

The First Crypto War? Assessing the Illicit Blockchain Ecosystem One Year Into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

The First Crypto War? Assessing the Illicit Blockchain Ecosystem One Year Into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

February 23, 2023

Terrorist Financing: Six Crypto-Related Trends to Watch in 2023

Terrorist Financing: Six Crypto-Related Trends to Watch in 2023

February 16, 2023

Key considerations for law enforcement handling blockchain & cryptocurrency data

TRM Investigations

Key considerations for law enforcement handling blockchain & cryptocurrency data

February 14, 2023

UK Unveils Proposal for Digital Pound

UK Unveils Proposal for Digital Pound

February 9, 2023

Pig Butchering Scams: What the Data Shows

Pig Butchering Scams: What the Data Shows

February 7, 2023

Crypto Down Under: Unpacking Australia’s Token Mapping Consultation

Crypto Down Under: Unpacking Australia’s Token Mapping Consultation

February 6, 2023

"North Korea Coin": The mystery cryptocurrency caught up in a South Korean corruption scandal

"North Korea Coin": The mystery cryptocurrency caught up in a South Korean corruption scandal

February 3, 2023

The UK Puts Forward a Suggested Cryptoasset Framework

The UK Puts Forward a Suggested Cryptoasset Framework

February 2, 2023

Regulation in the Age of DeFi: A TRM Talks Roundtable

Regulation in the Age of DeFi: A TRM Talks Roundtable

February 1, 2023

Spotlight on KillNet: The Cybercriminal Group Raising Funds for Russia’s War in Ukraine

Spotlight on KillNet: The Cybercriminal Group Raising Funds for Russia’s War in Ukraine

January 25, 2023

Kiran Bondalapati Joins TRM Labs as VP Engineering

Kiran Bondalapati Joins TRM Labs as VP Engineering

January 24, 2023

Crypto ATM Payments Linked to Known Scam Addresses

Crypto ATM Payments Linked to Known Scam Addresses

January 23, 2023

Drainware: Unfortunately, coming to a cryptocurrency wallet near you

Drainware: Unfortunately, coming to a cryptocurrency wallet near you

January 20, 2023

DOJ and Treasury announce actions against Bitzlato exchange for facilitating Russian illicit finance

DOJ and Treasury announce actions against Bitzlato exchange for facilitating Russian illicit finance

January 19, 2023

Tracers in the Dark: An Inside Look into Cracking Crypto's Biggest Cases

Tracers in the Dark: An Inside Look into Cracking Crypto's Biggest Cases

January 19, 2023

TRM Talks Policy Recap: What to watch in 2023

TRM Talks Policy Recap: What to watch in 2023

January 18, 2023

On the Trail of the Squid Game Scammers

On the Trail of the Squid Game Scammers

January 12, 2023

TRM Labs Announces TRM Tactical: the mobile-first blockchain intelligence tool for frontline investigators

TRM Labs Announces TRM Tactical: the mobile-first blockchain intelligence tool for frontline investigators

January 10, 2023

Phil Ariss, Former Crypto Lead for the NPCC Cybercrime Programme, Joins TRM as Director of UK Public Sector Relations

Phil Ariss, Former Crypto Lead for the NPCC Cybercrime Programme, Joins TRM as Director of UK Public Sector Relations

January 9, 2023

2022: A Roaring Year for Digital Assets in Singapore

2022: A Roaring Year for Digital Assets in Singapore

January 4, 2023

Looking Back at 2022 and Towards 2023 to See What the Future Holds for Digital Assets Policy

Looking Back at 2022 and Towards 2023 to See What the Future Holds for Digital Assets Policy

December 29, 2022

New Evidence Confirms ISIS Affiliate in Afghanistan Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations

New Evidence Confirms ISIS Affiliate in Afghanistan Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations

December 21, 2022

Meet Ramin Sawal, LATAM Director of Law Enforcement Relations and former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent

Meet Ramin Sawal, LATAM Director of Law Enforcement Relations and former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent

December 19, 2022

DeFi, Cross-Chain Bridge Attacks Drive Record Haul from Cryptocurrency Hacks and Exploits

DeFi, Cross-Chain Bridge Attacks Drive Record Haul from Cryptocurrency Hacks and Exploits

December 16, 2022

Meet Angela Ang, Senior Policy Advisor at TRM and former Deputy Director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore

Meet Angela Ang, Senior Policy Advisor at TRM and former Deputy Director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore

December 12, 2022

Eddie Medak Joins TRM Labs as Chief Revenue Officer

Eddie Medak Joins TRM Labs as Chief Revenue Officer

December 6, 2022

Eight Months After Hydra Shutdown, New Russian-language Darknet Markets Are Filling the Void

Eight Months After Hydra Shutdown, New Russian-language Darknet Markets Are Filling the Void

December 6, 2022

Mega Investment Fraud Schemes Pervasive Despite ‘Crypto Winter’

Mega Investment Fraud Schemes Pervasive Despite ‘Crypto Winter’

December 1, 2022

U.S. Treasury reaches settlement with Kraken for Iran sanctions violations

U.S. Treasury reaches settlement with Kraken for Iran sanctions violations

December 1, 2022

TRM Announces Launch of Beacon Network to Accelerate Recovery of Stolen Crypto Funds

TRM Announces Launch of Beacon Network to Accelerate Recovery of Stolen Crypto Funds

November 17, 2022

K2 Integrity Partners with TRM Labs to Launch Digital Asset Compliance & Risk Management Services

K2 Integrity Partners with TRM Labs to Launch Digital Asset Compliance & Risk Management Services

November 16, 2022

Incoming regulation to be expected in the wake of the FTX collapse

Incoming regulation to be expected in the wake of the FTX collapse

November 16, 2022

TRM Announces $70 Million Expansion to Series B Led by Thoma Bravo

TRM Announces $70 Million Expansion to Series B Led by Thoma Bravo

November 9, 2022

TRM Talks: Implementing a Sanctions Compliance Program for Digital Assets

TRM Talks: Implementing a Sanctions Compliance Program for Digital Assets

November 8, 2022

Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets; Request for Comment

Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets; Request for Comment

November 4, 2022

Matt Humphries, Former Australian Federal Police Digital Forensics Specialist, Joins TRM as APAC Director of Law Enforcement Relations

Matt Humphries, Former Australian Federal Police Digital Forensics Specialist, Joins TRM as APAC Director of Law Enforcement Relations

November 2, 2022

TRM Talks | Incident Response: Following Crypto Hacks

TRM Talks | Incident Response: Following Crypto Hacks

October 31, 2022

TRM Talks Crypto Regulation and Enforcement in Latin America

TRM Talks Crypto Regulation and Enforcement in Latin America

October 21, 2022

Binance Custody Ensures Institutional Compliance with TRM Labs Integration

Binance Custody Ensures Institutional Compliance with TRM Labs Integration

October 20, 2022

Bounties Playing Prominent Role in Stolen Cryptocurrency Recovery Efforts

Bounties Playing Prominent Role in Stolen Cryptocurrency Recovery Efforts

October 20, 2022

U.S. DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team One Year In

U.S. DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team One Year In

October 13, 2022

TRM Analysis: Crypto Fundraising Groups Supporting Russian Battlefield Efforts

TRM Analysis: Crypto Fundraising Groups Supporting Russian Battlefield Efforts

October 7, 2022

A deep dive into the UK’s work in the crypto-asset space

A deep dive into the UK’s work in the crypto-asset space

September 29, 2022

Everything you need to know about the White House's framework on digital assets

Everything you need to know about the White House's framework on digital assets

September 22, 2022

TRM's Ari Redbord testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services

TRM's Ari Redbord testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services

September 19, 2022

Meet Isabella Chase, Senior Policy Advisor at TRM and former Senior Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute

Meet Isabella Chase, Senior Policy Advisor at TRM and former Senior Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute

September 16, 2022

Who is Task Force Rusich – the ‘neo-Nazi paramilitary group’ sanctioned by OFAC yesterday?

Who is Task Force Rusich – the ‘neo-Nazi paramilitary group’ sanctioned by OFAC yesterday?

September 16, 2022

TRM Phoenix Solves Crypto Investigators’ ‘Chain-Hopping’ Problem

TRM Phoenix Solves Crypto Investigators’ ‘Chain-Hopping’ Problem

August 25, 2022

Meet Lauren Day, Deployment Strategist and Former Compliance & Risk Manager at Binance

Meet Lauren Day, Deployment Strategist and Former Compliance & Risk Manager at Binance

August 24, 2022

How DeFi platforms are using data from TRM Labs to respond to Tornado Cash sanctions

How DeFi platforms are using data from TRM Labs to respond to Tornado Cash sanctions

August 15, 2022

The Significance of Tornado Cash as a Target of Sanctions

The Significance of Tornado Cash as a Target of Sanctions

August 12, 2022

TRM Talks Investigations: Latest trends, typologies and cases in crypto

TRM Talks Investigations: Latest trends, typologies and cases in crypto

August 10, 2022

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Widely Used Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Widely Used Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash

August 8, 2022

Crypto and Campaign Finance Rules: Everything you need to know this election season

Crypto and Campaign Finance Rules: Everything you need to know this election season

August 4, 2022

A busy summer for DOJ and SEC - from insider trading by a former Coinbase employee to ICO scams

A busy summer for DOJ and SEC - from insider trading by a former Coinbase employee to ICO scams

July 28, 2022

Analysis of Recent NFT Discord Hacks Shows Some Attacks Are Connected

Analysis of Recent NFT Discord Hacks Shows Some Attacks Are Connected

July 25, 2022

Understanding Crypto Regulation in Singapore

Understanding Crypto Regulation in Singapore

July 19, 2022

Meet Tom Armstrong, Compliance Advisor at TRM and Former Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Goldman Sachs

Meet Tom Armstrong, Compliance Advisor at TRM and Former Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Goldman Sachs

July 14, 2022

Homeland Security Investigations Brings Charges in Four Crypto-Related Fraud Cases

Homeland Security Investigations Brings Charges in Four Crypto-Related Fraud Cases

July 8, 2022

EU Reaches Agreement on Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation

EU Reaches Agreement on Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation

July 7, 2022

TRM Talks: UK Crypto Policy Developments Press Ahead Amidst Political Upheaval

TRM Talks: UK Crypto Policy Developments Press Ahead Amidst Political Upheaval

July 7, 2022

The United States and the United Kingdom on unhosted wallets — an ocean apart?

The United States and the United Kingdom on unhosted wallets — an ocean apart?

June 29, 2022

TRM Talks: Hot Topics in Crypto Compliance

TRM Talks: Hot Topics in Crypto Compliance

June 29, 2022

TRM Labs expands Crypto Incident Response Services to UK and Europe

TRM Labs expands Crypto Incident Response Services to UK and Europe

June 24, 2022

TRM Labs acquires UK crypto investigations training company CSITech

TRM Labs acquires UK crypto investigations training company CSITech

June 13, 2022

BAYC Instagram Hack: Possible NFT Scam-As-A-Service Operation?

BAYC Instagram Hack: Possible NFT Scam-As-A-Service Operation?

June 2, 2022

A Primer: Crypto Regulation in Singapore on June 10 Here’s EYNTK about crypto in the Lion City

A Primer: Crypto Regulation in Singapore on June 10 Here’s EYNTK about crypto in the Lion City

June 2, 2022

TRM Announces Launch of Chainabuse, the Multi-Chain Scam Reporting Tool that Empowers Crypto Users Against Fraud

TRM Announces Launch of Chainabuse, the Multi-Chain Scam Reporting Tool that Empowers Crypto Users Against Fraud

May 18, 2022

Former DOJ Cyber-Digital Task Force Chair Sujit Raman Joins TRM as General Counsel

Former DOJ Cyber-Digital Task Force Chair Sujit Raman Joins TRM as General Counsel

May 16, 2022

TRM Integrates with Ethereum Scaling Platform Polygon

TRM Integrates with Ethereum Scaling Platform Polygon

May 12, 2022

Live from London’s Guildhall: Crypto’s Institutional Moment

Live from London’s Guildhall: Crypto’s Institutional Moment

May 6, 2022

The EU’s MiCA Races to Create a Regulatory Superhighway

The EU’s MiCA Races to Create a Regulatory Superhighway

May 6, 2022

TRM's Kyle Armstrong and Chris Janczewski named finalists for government service award for terror fundraising takedown

TRM's Kyle Armstrong and Chris Janczewski named finalists for government service award for terror fundraising takedown

May 3, 2022

Darknet Markets Explained

Darknet Markets Explained

April 28, 2022

North Korea’s Lazarus Group moves funds through Tornado Cash

North Korea’s Lazarus Group moves funds through Tornado Cash

April 28, 2022

TRM Talks: Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Discussion Paper on DeFi

TRM Talks: Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Discussion Paper on DeFi

April 20, 2022

TRM Talks North Korea and CNAS Report

TRM Talks North Korea and CNAS Report

April 15, 2022

A Crypto Spring Awakening?

A Crypto Spring Awakening?

April 15, 2022

Fundraising Campaigns for ISIS Families: Analyzing the Use of Cryptocurrency

TRM Investigations

Fundraising Campaigns for ISIS Families: Analyzing the Use of Cryptocurrency

April 12, 2022

Kyle Armstrong, Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Joins TRM as Director of Law Enforcement Relations

Kyle Armstrong, Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Joins TRM as Director of Law Enforcement Relations

April 8, 2022

TRM Talks Hydra Takedown: A discussion with experts from U.S. Treasury, Flashpoint and TRM Labs

TRM Talks Hydra Takedown: A discussion with experts from U.S. Treasury, Flashpoint and TRM Labs

April 6, 2022

TRM Analysis Corroborates Suspected Ties Between Conti and Ryuk Ransomware Groups and Wizard Spider

TRM Analysis Corroborates Suspected Ties Between Conti and Ryuk Ransomware Groups and Wizard Spider

April 6, 2022

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office Takes Down Hydra Darknet Marketplace

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office Takes Down Hydra Darknet Marketplace

April 5, 2022

Chris Janczewski, Former IRS-CI Special Agent, Joins TRM to Lead Global Investigations Team

Chris Janczewski, Former IRS-CI Special Agent, Joins TRM to Lead Global Investigations Team

March 31, 2022

Update on Ukrainian Crypto Donations

Update on Ukrainian Crypto Donations

March 30, 2022

TRM’s Free Sanctions Screening Tool Goes Live

TRM’s Free Sanctions Screening Tool Goes Live

March 24, 2022

Anatomy of an NFT Phishing Scam

TRM Investigations

Anatomy of an NFT Phishing Scam

Chris Hoffmeister

March 24, 2022

TRM Talks Biden's Executive Order on Crypto: A Discussion With Policy Experts

TRM Talks Biden's Executive Order on Crypto: A Discussion With Policy Experts

March 10, 2022

Biden’s Executive Order On Crypto Is Out — Read TRM’s Quick Take

Biden’s Executive Order On Crypto Is Out — Read TRM’s Quick Take

March 9, 2022

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