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November 9, 2025 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week, Eurojust announced the results of an international operation that has been credited with dismantling a transnational criminal network, which is said to have been behind one of the largest crypto investment fraud schemes uncovered to date. TRM Labs noted in an extensive… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US this past week had announced the seizure of approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin from a so-called forced-labor pig butchering scam operation. As reported, the United States government noted that $15 billion worth of BTC was linked to a Cambodian man who allegedly carried… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past month, Brazil’s Polícia Federal launched Operation Lusocoin, which is described by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs as a sweeping investigation into a rather sophisticated criminal network that has been accused of laundering billions of reais via various cryptocurrency transactions. TRM Labs recently revealed… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 1:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nine new ransomware groups have been identified in a key update shared by TRM Labs. And all of them are said to be a part of one evolving ecosystem. In their latest blog post, the team at TRM Labs examines the operations behind these emerging… Read More

August 22, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs announced the launch of Beacon Network, the real-time crypto crime response network. Built in collaboration with law enforcement, exchanges, and stablecoin issuers, Beacon Network is designed to “prevent illicit funds from leaving the blockchain.” Founding members “include Coinbase, Binance, PayPal, Robinhood, Stripe, Kraken,… Read More

August 18, 2025 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a provider of blockchain intelligence solutions, announced a strategic integration with Sumsub. This integration enables Sumsub users to “leverage TRM’s risk intelligence to screen wallet addresses, score transactions, and review risk signals in real time – all in one dashboard in Sumsub’s Crypto… Read More

August 13, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU)—a joint initiative by TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs—announced the launch of “T3+,” a global collaborator program made up of some of the key players in the crypto ecosystem. It is designed to expand public-private collaboration to “combat illicit… Read More

August 12, 2025 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence platform, continues to develop products and shared its latest updates, designed to empower investigators, compliance teams, and intelligence professionals to detect and mitigate crypto-related risks more effectively. These enhancements from TRM Labs focus on surfacing actionable risk signals faster, improving… Read More

August 9, 2025 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the cybercrime, ransomware space, there remains a persistent and growing threat, with new groups emerging to exploit vulnerabilities and extort organizations worldwide. A report from TRM Labs provides a detailed analysis of the Embargo ransomware group, its sophisticated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and… Read More

August 7, 2025 @ 4:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report released by TRM Labs, titled Shadow Bankers: Illicit Actors in Crypto Networks, the blockchain analytics firm delves into the clandestine world of cryptocurrency-enabled financial crime. The document provides a comprehensive analysis of how illicit actors exploit decentralized finance (DeFi), centralized exchanges, and… Read More

August 3, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telegram’s May 2025 ban on two major illicit cryptocurrency marketplaces, Huione Guarantee and Xinbi Guarantee, has disrupted Southeast Asia’s guarantee services ecosystem, though it has not eradicated it. According to a July 29, 2025, report by TRM Labs, these platforms, which facilitated over $35 billion… Read More

July 22, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, addressing the escalating intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and criminal activity. The hearing, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Exploitation: A New Era of… Read More

July 9, 2025 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The first half of 2025 has marked a grim milestone for the cryptocurrency industry, with over $2.1 billion stolen across 75 distinct hacks and exploits, according to a recent report by TRM Labs. This figure not only surpasses the previous first-half record set in 2022… Read More

May 27, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report titled All Roads Lead to China, TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence firm, has unveiled the intricate web of Chinese underground banking networks that have emerged as the financial linchpin of global illicit activities. These networks, leveraging both traditional and modern financial mechanisms,… Read More

February 26, 2025 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, the enabler of blockchain intelligence solutions, announced an expanded use case for its Wallet Screening solution, enabling fraud prevention teams at FIs and crypto exchanges to be able to “proactively” block fraudulent crypto transfers prior to funds actually leaving customer accounts. With fraudsters… Read More

February 16, 2025 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, the provider of blockchain intelligence solutions, announced its integration with Unichain by Uniswap Labs, a “decentralized” Superchain L2 built to power the future of DeFi and cross-chain liquidity. This integration provides developers building on Unichain with access to TRM’s tools, enabling them to… Read More

January 2, 2025 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs say they have frozen over $100 million digital assets globally as they seek to impede criminal activity pertaining to crypto. TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence firm. The collaboration has been labeled the T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU) launched… Read More

November 19, 2024 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced to 60 months for his alleged role in laundering more than 120,000 Bitcoin, which was reportedly stolen from the crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016. This was the sentence recommended by Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Jessica Peck. Lichtenstein’s wife, Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, is… Read More

October 5, 2024 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Utila, an institutional MPC wallet platform, and TRM Labs, a provider of blockchain intelligence, announced a strategic integration to empower institutional clients to integrate AML compliance into their crypto operations workflows, improving risk management capabilities. Via this latest integration, Utila users will reportedly be able… Read More

September 27, 2024 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, a key player focused on blockchain intelligence, announced that it is the “first” blockchain intelligence company to achieve FedRAMP Moderate authorization. TRM Labs and Palantir have partnered “through Palantir’s FedStart Program to accelerate TRM Labs’ ability to support a broader range of federal… Read More