Behind The Scenes of the Chainalysis State of Cryptocurrency Investigations Survey

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. 

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

• (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
• (4:45) – Undercover operations as an undercover Darknet Market Fentanyl Trafficker 
• (7:05) – Chainalysis Public Sector survey reveals demand for law enforcement to get trained in cryptocurrency
• (10:45) – Is Law Enforcement seeing an increase of crypto connected to their investigation?
• (16:05) – The changing perspective of how Law Enforcement views crypto from negative to more accepting
• (19:03) – How to effectively prepare a crypto case for subpoenas, search warrants and judges and be able to educate during the process 
• (24:55) – The important of seizing cryptocurrency that has been obtained by illicit activity 
• (26:05) - How the Chainalysis Academy is taking investigator from zero to one in their crypto knowledge 

Related resources

Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key.

• Website: Chainalysis Academy
• Blog: Public Sector Survey Preview: Chainalysis 2022 State of Cryptocurrency Investigations
• Report: The Chainalysis 2022 State of Cryptocurrency Investigations Survey
• Book: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
• Report: The Chainalysis 2022 Crypto Crime Report

Speakers on today’s episode

• Ian Andrews * Host * (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianhandrews
• Joe Saar  (Training Specialist, Chainalysis)
  https://www.linkedin.com/in/uscjoes44

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