The company said it had reported the theft to law enforcement and was cooperating with top blockchain analytic companies to track the stolen coins. (fortune.com)
And on the illicit activity front, a study by the British blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found only 0.61 percent of the money involved in European bitcoin exchanges and conversion services were verifiably connected to such uses. (coindesk.com)
Source: New Research: Laundering of Illicit Funds Less than 1 % of Bitcoin Transactions Featured The Foundation for Defense of Democracies» Center of Sanctions and Illicit Finance in conjunction with blockchain analytics company, Elliptic, has published a study seeking to track the circulations of illicit funds within the bitcoin economy... Plus... (wuweitactic.com)