How Did You Get Into Cryptocurrency?

Blockchain Investigations and  Illicit Threats Emerging In Crypto Ecosystem

In this episode of Public Key, our host, Ian Andrews (CMO at Chainalysis) is joined live from New York City at the Chainalysis Links Conference by Erin Plante, who leads our Investigations and Special Projects team and discusses the intricacies of complex blockchain investigations and quick responses to major platform hacks

The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including the aftermath of a crypto exchange being sanctioned, DeFi platforms as the popular target for crypto theft and state sponsored attacks and how we might improve consumer protection in Web3.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown
(2:30) – Erin Plante’s origin story on buying bitcoin from strangers on craigslist 
(5:45) – Emerging trends in crypto crime and the evolution  from darknet payments to ransomware proceeds
(10:25) –OFAC’s increased action against high risk exchange’s obfuscation of proceeds of ransomware 
(14:15) –How public private partnerships are increasing the ability to recover stolen or hacked funds 
(15:45) –Weighing the pros and cons of decentralization and consumer protection 
(19:08) – Describing the panic after the first few hours after a cryptocurrency hack 
(22:32) – North Korea’s powerful hacker cells and international cyber warfare 
(23:50) –How Google and Chainalysis tackled botnet cybercrime including Glupteba malware

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Speakers on today’s episode

Ian Andrews * Host * (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianhandrews

Erin Plante (Senior Director of Investigations, Chainalysis) https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinplante

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