{"id":36052,"date":"2022-11-24T02:52:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T02:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=36052"},"modified":"2022-11-24T02:52:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T02:52:50","slug":"chainalysis-tracks-stolen-ftx-funds-on-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=36052","title":{"rendered":"Chainalysis Tracks Stolen FTX Funds on Blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pymnts-content1433046\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Blockchain data firm <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chainalysis<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has been tracking funds that were stolen from FTX after the crypto exchange\u2019s collapse and has been sharing steps along the way in a Twitter <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chainalysis\/status\/1594349583416840199\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">thread<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cChainalysis is following the funds around the clock,\u201d the firm said in the Wednesday (Nov. 23) edition of its Weekly Brief email newsletter.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The chase began Sunday (Nov. 20) morning when Chainalysis tweeted that funds stolen from FTX were on the move and alerted exchanges to freeze them if the hacker attempted to cash out.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Immediately after, the firm tweeted that some funds were stolen, while others were sent to regulators in The Bahamas \u2014 the country in which FTX is headquartered.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It then posted that the funds were bridged from ETH to BTC, \u201clikely to be mixed prior to a cash out attempt.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Concluding the thread, Chainalysis said: \u201cWe are in touch with our partners across the ecosystem as we work to help secure as many assets as possible to return to depositors.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chainalysis is working with the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/cryptocurrency\/2022\/ftx-enlists-ex-sec-and-cftc-enforcement-chiefs-to-probe-collapse\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">new leadership<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of FTX, helping the firm identify and secure digital assets, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Nov. 23).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s far easier to see what\u2019s happening and track crime on <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/cryptocurrency\/2022\/crypto-related-crime-less-common-easier-to-track-says-chainalysis\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">public blockchains<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> than it would be with U.S. dollars, because public blockchains instantly and immutably record every transaction, Chainalysis Head of Research <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kimberly-grauer-a9501144\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kim Grauer<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> told PYMNTS in an interview posted in August.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe transparency of this data set actually allows us to see how much crime is happening in real time,\u201d Grauer said at the time. \u201cEvery transaction that ever occurs on the blockchain is available forever. It\u2019s always going to be there. And that is devastating for criminals who don\u2019t want the evidence of their crime to be preserved for all time.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>For all PYMNTS cryptocurrency coverage, subscribe to the <\/em><em>daily <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pymnts.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Crypto Newsletter.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pymnt-bottom-of-article\" id=\"pymnt-1772840127\">\n<div class=\"row bg-light g-0 my-4\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-3 my-auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-we-pay-digitally-online-shopping-stored-credentials\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1390294\" src=\"https:\/\/securecdn.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PYMNTS-Study-November-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 my-auto pt-0 pt-lg-3 p-3\">\n<p class=\"mb-0 small\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-we-pay-digitally-online-shopping-stored-credentials\/\" class=\"fs-5 fw-bold\" rel=\"noopener\">How Consumers Pay Online With Stored Credentials<br \/><\/a>Convenience drives some consumers to store their payment credentials with merchants, while security concerns give other customers pause. For \u201cHow We Pay Digitally: Stored Credentials Edition,\u201d a collaboration with Amazon Web Services, PYMNTS surveyed 2,102 U.S. consumers to analyze consumers\u2019 dilemma and reveal how merchants can win over holdouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMibGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnB5bW50cy5jb20vY3J5cHRvY3VycmVuY3kvMjAyMi9jaGFpbmFseXNpcy10cmFja3Mtc3RvbGVuLWZ0eC1mdW5kcy1vbi1ibG9ja2NoYWluLXR3ZWV0cy11cGRhdGVzL9IBcGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnB5bW50cy5jb20vY3J5cHRvY3VycmVuY3kvMjAyMi9jaGFpbmFseXNpcy10cmFja3Mtc3RvbGVuLWZ0eC1mdW5kcy1vbi1ibG9ja2NoYWluLXR3ZWV0cy11cGRhdGVzL2FtcC8?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain data firm Chainalysis has been tracking funds that were stolen from FTX after the crypto exchange\u2019s collapse and has been sharing steps along the way in a Twitter thread.\u00a0 \u201cChainalysis is following the funds around the clock,\u201d the firm said in the Wednesday (Nov. 23) edition of its Weekly Brief email newsletter.\u00a0 The chase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[73,1083,2258,1351,959,407],"class_list":["post-36052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-blockchain","tag-chainalysis","tag-ftx","tag-funds","tag-stolen","tag-tracks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chainalysis-investment-series-f-1000x600.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36054,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36052\/revisions\/36054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}