A Russian national who was allegedly involved in large-scale bank account takeover activity was arraignedFriday (Sept. 4) in the Northern District of Georgia after being extradited from the Republic of Georgia, the U.S. Justice Department said in a Monday (Sept. 8) press release. Sergei Anatolyevich...
American banks are reportedly facing increased pressure to halt financial activity tied to Iran. But as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Saturday (Sept. 5), uncovering those transactions can be tricky, as Tehran uses a network of front companies and other methods to hide them....
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsbuy reportedly lost more than $8 million in a weekend attack. The coordinated attack happened across the TRON and Ethereum blockchains on Sunday (Aug. 9), CoinDesk reported, citing on-chain data reviewed by blockchain security researchers. According to the report, the attacker began with a 5 USDT...
Bitcoin’s promise of self-custody has always rested on a compelling proposition: Investors do not need to trust a bank, exchange or government to protect their assets. A major security incident reported this week involving Coldcard hardware wallets, however, has changed the risk calculus among firms...
June 25, 2026
Financial crime compliance programs are a game of alerts. Or at least they used to be in the pre-AI era, when compliance teams operated on a linear equation in which more transactions generated more alerts, and more alerts required more analysts. But financial services is firmly in its post-AI era now. The emergence of agentic […]
April 28, 2026
Watch more: The Digital Shift With Chainalysis’ Emmanuel Marot What happens when software stops assisting analysts and starts doing their jobs? In blockchain intelligence, that future may already be arriving....
March 05, 2026
When stablecoin skeptics press the industry on what, exactly, are the benefits of the digital dollars, cross-border payments are typically one of the first answers. Companies from FinTech startups to...
December 24, 2025
The holiday shopping period compresses weeks of spending into days, multiplies the number of online interactions, and makes consumers and companies vulnerable to fraudsters. That anxiety is not theoretical. PYMNTS...
September 08, 2026
A Russian national who was allegedly involved in large-scale bank account takeover activity was arraignedFriday (Sept. 4) in the Northern District of Georgia after being extradited from the Republic of Georgia, the U.S. Justice Department said in a Monday (Sept. 8) press release. Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, 36, is a web developer who was indicted by […]
September 06, 2026
American banks are reportedly facing increased pressure to halt financial activity tied to Iran. But as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Saturday (Sept. 5), uncovering those transactions can be...
August 10, 2026
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsbuy reportedly lost more than $8 million in a weekend attack. The coordinated attack happened across the TRON and Ethereum blockchains on Sunday (Aug. 9), CoinDesk reported, citing on-chain data reviewed...
August 06, 2026
Europe’s new cryptocurrency regulations have reportedly given fraudsters a new pathway to scamming consumers. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Aug. 6), officials are warning that scammers are capitalizing on the...
