Public Key

Breaking Down the Crypto Regulatory Environment In the USA

With the action picking up in the White House and across the regulatory landscape in the USA, in this episode of Public Key, Ian Andrews ( (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) has a deep discussion with former regulator, Alma Angotti, who is now Partner, Financial Services Global Legislative and Regulatory Risk Leader at Guidehouse. 

Alma goes through her career working at the SEC, FINCEN and FINRA, and gives us her unique insights as to why regulators have to be cautious when approaching crypto and innovation. Ian and Alma have the age-old debate as to whether crypto is a commodity or a security and the impact that would have on regulatory oversight by the CFTC and SEC. 

Alma even throws in a twist in the Tornado Cash saga and explains why the Department of Commerce could have taken the lead on the sanctions of technology and provides some possible outcomes to the situation. 

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

• (3:05) – What is Guidehouse and Alma’s first interaction with cryptocurrency

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• Blog: Breaking Down the White House Framework on Crypto

**It is noted that Guidehouse is a Partner of Chainalysis

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

Crypto In Ukraine: The Digital Transformation Of A Country Under Siege

In the 7 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, we have all watched in horror at the needless loss of life and senseless destruction of a free and democratic nation. But simultaneously we have also been inspired by the bravery and resilience of the Ukrainians.

In this week’s special episode, Alex Bornyakov, the Ukrainian (Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on IT industry development) joins our host, Ian Andrews (CMO) to discuss a wide range of topics including the role of Crypto in Ukraine’s fundraising and defense efforts and Alex’s plans to attract tech investment into the country with initiatives like Diia city.

Alex touches on his journey from tech entrepreneur to government minister and leaves the audience with inspiring words on how Ukraine will not give up home and continue to build during the invasion.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

(2:08) – Alex’s origin story going from tech startups to Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine 

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• :: Diia.City: Enables businesses to run openly, profitably and conveniently.

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

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

Christie's 3.0: From Fine Art To Fully On-Chain NFT Sales

After changing the NFT industry for good with the $69 million Beeple NFT sale, Christie’s is once again revolutionizing the industry with Christie’s 3.0

In this episode, Ian Andrews (CMO at Chainalysis) sat down with Nicole Sales Giles, Business Director, Digital Art Sales at Christie's, to hear all about the new Christie’s 3.0 platform which was launched in partnership with Spatial, Manifold and Chainalysis and featured the works of 18 year old digital art phenom, Diana Sinclair. 

Nicole talks about the Beeple sale that started it all and also the transcendence of contemporary and digital art.  She explains how Christie’s is onboarding traditional art and luxury goods collectors into web3 and the emergence of physical and virtual immersive experiences. 

• (3:10) – How a 250 year old auction house go from fine art to on-chain NFT sales 

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• Blog: Beeple’s opus - Everydays: The first 5000 days sold  online for $69,346,250 at Christie’s

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

It is noted that Christie’s is a Chainalysis Partner 

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

Everything You Wanted To Know About Decentralized Identity And Crypto Wallets

In this week’s episode, Co-founder & CEO of DynamicLabs Itai Turbahn joins our host, Ian Andrews (CMO) for a look at what a multi-chain authentication based wallet looks like in web3 and how e can go from “wallet wars” to interoperability. 

The conversation addresses one of the biggest debates in the industry, how to balance privacy with information sharing and Itai and Ian go deep into decentralized identity and how verifiable credentials could change the way we interact with our data in Web3.

• (2:18) – Itai’s origin story going from helping Israeli businesses get on the internet to becoming a sideline Bitcoin OG 

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• Blog: Wintermute Hack: Initial Analysis

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

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

$2 Million and Counting: How Pro-Russian Groups Are Using Crypto Donations to Fund the War in Ukraine

After the U.S. Department of Treasury -  Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Task Force Rusich, a Russian paramilitary organization operating in Ukraine. Host, Ian Andrews (CMO at Chainalysis) sat down with Andrew Fierman, who is Head of Sanctions Strategy for Chainalysis to help us better understand what led up to these actions. 

Andrew describes the use of social media, cryptocurrency and war propaganda that has been assisting in fundraising efforts for Pro-Russia groups invading Ukraine and highlights the turmoil that has been happening in these Eastern European countries.  He also lists the various militia equipment that these groups have been requesting from their supporters. 

• (2:03) – Open Source war and the emergence of social media war propaganda 

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• Blog: $2 Million and Counting: How Dozens of Pro-Russian Groups Are Using Cryptocurrency Donations to Fund the War in Ukraine

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

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

Why Programmable and Transferable Wallets Could Be Crypto's Missing Piece

In this week’s episode, Founder & CEO of dWallet Labs, Omer Sadika joins our host, Ian Andrews (CMO) and they discuss what a bridgeless ecosystem would look like and how DAO governance could be revolutionized.

• (2:15) – Starting in crypto from a cyber and API security background

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• Blog: $30 Million Seized: How the Cryptocurrency Community Is Making It Difficult for North Korean Hackers To Profit

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

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

From Crime to Restitution: Asset Realization for Crypto Assets

In this week’s episode, Aidan Larkin, Founder and CEO of Asset Reality and a Chainalysis Partner joins our host, Ian Andrews (CMO) to discuss traditional and crypto asset seizures, the challenges with confiscating physical and luxury goods and how demystifying the realization of crypto and complex assets, may lead to mass adoption of cryptocurrency. 

Ian and Aidan discuss the challenges with seizing and securing luxury art, yachts and cryptocurrency, while highlighting the financial impact on victims and how governments are educating themselves on investigating, recovering, managing and realising crypto and complex assets.

• (2:25) – From seizing lambos and luxury watches into confiscating crypto assets

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• Blog: Mid-year Crypto Crime Update: Illicit Activity Falls With Rest of Market, With Some Notable Exceptions

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

** It is noted that Asset Reality is a Chainalysis Partner **

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Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

How Encrypted Email Could Be The Future Of Web3 Communications

From building software for autonomous vehicles and SpaceX to launching a web3 native collaboration platform, In this week’s episode,  Co-Founder and CEO of Skiff, Andrew Milich joins our host, Ian Andrews (CMO) to discuss end-to-end privacy, data ownership and the future of web3 communications

Andrew discusses how Skiff is reinventing the google docs and email workspace with a focus on user privacy and data protection. The conversation highlights the challenges and opportunities for building privacy first products and how this has led to a natural affinity to the crypto ecosystem.

• (1:45) – Andrew describes going from robotics, autonomous cars and spaceX projects and moving into privacy and trust in web3 communications 

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• Blog: Mid-year Crypto Crime Update: Illicit Activity Falls With Rest of Market, With Some Notable Exceptions

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

This website may contain links to third-party sites that are not under the control of Chainalysis, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively “Chainalysis”). Access to such information does not imply association with, endorsement of, approval of, or recommendation by Chainalysis of the site or its operators, and Chainalysis is not responsible for the products, services, or other content hosted therein.

Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

Pig Butchering: Crypto’s Emerging Human Trafficking And Romance Scam Industry

If you’ve ever gotten a friendly text message from a seemingly wrong number you might have been a target of the latest industrial scale scam targeting wealthy individuals around the world, known as Pig Butchering. In this week’s episode of Public Key, our host, Ian Andrews (CMO at Chainalysis) is joined by Alastair McCready, Southeast Asia Editor of Vice World News, who is based in Cambodia and has been investigating this human trafficking, romance, investment and crypto connected scam from its source. 

Alastair explains how the scammers ensnare their victims by first building friendship and sometimes romance. We also learn that many of the scammers are victims themselves having been trafficked and held against their will forced to work for powerful organized crime rings. Some estimates put the profits from this scheme at more than $1 Billion, with very little resistance from pandemic stricken and financially depleted governments.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

(2:05) – What is Pig Butchering and how does it differ from other scams and schemes associated with cryptocurrency 

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• Article: From Industrial-Scale Scam Centers, Trafficking Victims Are Being Forced to Steal Billions

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

This website may contain links to third-party sites that are not under the control of Chainalysis, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively “Chainalysis”). Access to such information does not imply association with, endorsement of, approval of, or recommendation by Chainalysis of the site or its operators, and Chainalysis is not responsible for the products, services, or other content hosted therein.

Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. 

Behind The Scenes of the Chainalysis State of Cryptocurrency Investigations Survey

The Chainalysis 2022 State of Cryptocurrency Investigations Survey was released last month and in this week’s episode of Public Key, our host, Ian Andrews (CMO at Chainalysis) is joined live from our Washington DC studio by colleague, Joe Saar (Training Specialist) to analyze the feedback that we received from the Public Sector. 

With his former law enforcement background, Joe explains how cryptocurrency is becoming more prevalent in police investigations and the need for educating law enforcement has grown in order to detect illicit activity, secure search warrants and seize crypto assets. This episode is packed full of great tips for investigators and some old police stories that you can’t miss. 

• (2:05) – Joe Saar’s origin story of kicking down doors with SWAT and fighting drugs and human trafficking at street level before going to business school and discovering Bitcoin

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• Website: Chainalysis Academy

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This website may contain links to third-party sites that are not under the control of Chainalysis, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively “Chainalysis”). Access to such information does not imply association with, endorsement of, approval of, or recommendation by Chainalysis of the site or its operators, and Chainalysis is not responsible for the products, services, or other content hosted therein.

Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material.

Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. 

Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company.