2025 Crypto Crime Webinar Series - Part 1

Last year, illicit on-chain activity reached a record $51.3B. More than ever before, 2024 was a year marked by the growing professionalization of the illicit actor ecosystem. Yet, these blockbuster totals could have been even higher, as enforcement efforts and geopolitics likely blunted some of what we otherwise might have seen.

Across two parts, the Chainalysis Crypto Crime Webinar Series will shed light on what went on in the illicit on-chain ecosystem.

Part One of our webinar series, we’ll cover how cryptocurrency plays a role in national security threats, with topics including:.

• How predatory cybercrimes like ransomware or hacking started 2024 on track for record years and slowed considerably in H2
• How the darknet market and illicit fentanyl precursor market insects drug-related border interdictions
• How extremist groups operate on-chain and how these activities intersect with events in the real world
• And how all these activities are increasingly facilitated by a network of professionalized services

In Part Two, we’ll cover questions related to compliance, market integrity, and consumer protection in crypto, with topics including:

• The continued growth of pig butchering scams and how these scammers have pivoted to professional AI vendors to build out their scamming infrastructure
• How crypto markets diagnose and contend with market manipulation activities, including pump and dump schemes and wash trading activity
• Changes in the sanctioned entity and jurisdiction landscape and how BTC acted as a safe haven asset in the midst of Iran-Israel tensions