Leaked Chainalysis Roadmap Angers Bitcoin Community

Leaked Chainalysis Roadmap Angers Bitcoin Community

Chainalysis offers a service that provides financial institutions with the means to obtain regulatory compliance through real-time analysis of the blockchain. Based in Switzerland and headed by ex-Kraken COO Michael Grønager and former Mycelium engineer Jan Møller, the company provides an API for sophisticated in-depth real-time blockchain transaction....


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