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Co-founder @chainalysis Bringing transparency to the future of money. Recovering economist and bitcoin bounty hunter.

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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
2 years
BIG DROP: Andy Greenberg’s new book on tackling crypto crime. The story of law enforcement agents with @chainalysis cracking the world’s biggest child abuse material site. “Welcome to Video was like a hapless rodent that had never encountered a predator”
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Jonylevin
5 years
Today is my proudest day at @chainalysis . We enabled US, UK, Germany and South Korea to take down one of the largest Child Abuse Material sites. Law enforcement in 38 countries made 330+ arrests of alleged pedophiles and rescued 23 children from abuse
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5 years
I have been in cryptocurrencies almost 10 years and I would never hire someone with more than 10 years of cryptocurrency experience
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7 years
The SEC might need to do an ICO to hire enough people to deal with the ICOs.
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Jonylevin
6 years
The @chainalysis team delivering critical insights about Who Owns What in Bitcoin? Long term investors sold $30bn of bitcoin to new speculators between December 2017 and April 2018 with half of this happening in December alone.
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Jonylevin
6 years
Proud to announce our $16m Series A from Benchmark, alongside launching Chainalysis KYT - real-time compliance software and support for multiple cryptos. We are hiring across the board, come build trust in blockchains among the world’s top institutions
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Jonylevin
5 years
Thanks to all the early believers, customers and employees @chainalysis who helped get us to the next milestone and partner with @Accel @pbotteri @amitku to help the world transact more freely while combatting money laundering #radicalgradualist
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Jonylevin
6 years
Microsoft office was decentralized google docs
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Jonylevin
6 years
Just sent money from USA to UK in under 3hrs with @TransferWise for less than 1%. You don't need a blockchain for that.
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Jonylevin
3 years
Proud to announce our Series C with Lee Fixel (Addition) valuing @chainalysis at over $1bn. A global currency seemed impossible. We always believed it was inevitable. Thanks to all who believed when they shouldn't and to those now paying attention.
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3 years
Started @chainalysis for people to transact in ways they could not imagine. Excited to partner w. @FEhrsam @paradigm who has done more than anyone making crypto mainstream. Proud of our team, investors, partners and customers making this dream a reality
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Jonylevin
6 years
When people say the SEC does not get crypto. Notice how deep they understand the market structure and Dynamics. They also happen to do better PR than almost anyone in the space.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
6 years
The SEC has an opportunity you won’t want to miss: ACT NOW!
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6 years
Ideas are cheap was only true before the ICO. ICOs have brought liquidity to ideas, an asset that should probably not have been liquid.
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Jonylevin
5 years
Someone in front of me just ordered a 2/3 caffeinated 1/3 decaf, 1/2 and 1/2 almond latte
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
5 years
Chatting by the 🔥 🔥 🔥 place with ⁦ @APompliano ⁩ about how to build companies, future of crypto and need for ⁦ @chainalysis ⁩ to build the compliance layer for the future of value transfer.
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
6 years
Replace Linux with your favorite cryptocurrency as we learn about the intersection of desired features, laws of transaction fee markets and egos.
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6 years
1/ The idea of a new field of engineering to design tokens for networks that have not yet been created is analogous to the field of quantum mechanics designing suspension bridges.
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
6 years
Want to hear about the economics that power ransomware, uncovering trust relationships in the dark web and the fundamental shifts in the crypto economy last year. Listen to @laurashin fire the questions on her latest podcast.
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
2 years
We live in a multi-chain world, now get all of your coins onto one graph.
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Chainalysis
2 years
Introducing ⛓ Cross-Chain Investigations to Reactor—the best way to follow cryptocurrencies across #blockchains . With this intuitive graphing solution, cross-chain investigations are more efficient than ever. Let’s see it in action. <<A THREAD🧵>>
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Jonylevin
4 years
Didn't think I would ever appear on a list with @Beyonce but its 2020. Thanks @FortuneMagazine for naming me 40 under 40. Great recognition for crypto driving a more inclusive financial system @cryptocoley @diogomonica @WhiteAdamL @Sunayna @yoniassia
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Jonylevin
6 years
Hard work, great customers and a mission to enable the safe use of cryptocurrencies around the globe pays off. Proud of the team @chainalysis for making it into the @Forbes Fintech50
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Jonylevin
4 years
Thanks @PeterMcCormack for asking the hard questions and giving me the chance to explain why @chainalysis isn't evil and how we serve the crypto industry and help governments tackle heinous crimes
@PeterMcCormack
Peter McCormack🏴‍☠️
4 years
WBD210 - Is Chainalysis Evil with Jonathan Levin ( @jony_levin ). We discuss: - Whether Chainalysis is antithetical to Bitcoin - The importance of privacy - Classing of blockchain activity - How Chainalysis decide who can use their software
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Jonylevin
3 years
When the dream team comes together, great things happen. Over $1bn seized by @IRS_CI and @TheJusticeDept The biggest ever cryptocurrency seizure, and one of the biggest seizures of liquid assets. All from analyzing transactions using @chainalysis
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
1 year
CEO @chainalysis @gronager Opening a sold-out #links23 bringing together the entire industry and public sector to build trust in blockchains
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
2 years
Back on Capitol Hill today to discuss Terrorist Financing and Cryptocurrency. My big takeaways below
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Jonylevin
2 years
Back on Capitol Hill with my friend and real commodities expert @ChrisBrummerDr testifying on the future of digital asset regulation. Going live in 5
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
4 years
Follow the #bitcoin and uncover the network. See how Chaewon, Rolex and Kirk's transactions were easily analyzed by law enforcement using @chainalysis in connection with #twitterhack
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
5 years
🚧🚦FinCEN issed updated guidance on Convertible Virtual Currency 🚦🚧 Clarified treatment of specific crypto business models under the Bank Secrecy Act All rules are unchanged and are in effect since 2013. If you are doing business in US, in whole or substantive part, read on
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4 years
We have reached mask adoption
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Jonylevin
5 years
Looking through my 98 year old grandfather’s paper files for a Bitcoin paper wallet I gave him a few years ago brings new meaning to the value of organized file systems.
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3 years
If Miami does one thing well it is the cross-sell.
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Jonylevin
2 years
If you are building in Defi and haven’t listened to @samczsun talk, you shouldn’t be building
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Jonylevin
6 years
Speaking with @barrysilbert @BerkLawBusiness on the future of financial fraud. There is tonnes of capital looking to invest in innovation but innovation is not a whitepaper and website.
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5 years
It’s past 830pm and there is a packed house listening to compliance requirements for token projects, exchanges and decentralized apps. Where am I?
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5 years
You know software is eating the world. When you lose an engineering candidate to Sephora.
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Jonylevin
6 years
When you close the seed before the first meeting. Only @mdudas could do that.
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Jonylevin
6 years
Cryptocurrency divisibility is actually dictated by fees not integers
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Jonylevin
5 years
If I had 10 mins for every 10 min quick call request I would be 100 years old.
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
5 years
"Make no mistake, at the end of the day we lost $27 billion, 25,000-40,000 jobs and a blow to our reputation of being 'open for business.' The union that opposed the project gained nothing and cost other union members 11,000 good, high-paying jobs.”
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@jony_levin
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4 years
It’s not a corona cut if Face ID still unlocks your phone
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
2 years
Having tried to send a bunch of USD today. I give up. Only USDC from now on.
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Jonylevin
3 years
When I first lectured at NYU, no one had heard of @chainalysis , today people had already applied for jobs with us. 🤯🤯🤯 Thanks @propelforward keep them coming.
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Drew Hinkes
3 years
It's always a treat and a thrill to have have @jony_levin of @chainalysis joining our @nyulaw & @NYUStern students to lecture about #cryptocurrency compliance & investigations. Thanks for joining us today!
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Jonylevin
5 years
It was an honor to receive an award for @chainalysis alongside international law enforcement from KNPA who has been an invaluable partner in fighting cybercrime that knows no borders.
@chainalysis
Chainalysis
5 years
Last week, our cofounder @jony_levin was honored to receive an award from the Korean National Police Agency in Seoul to recognize our collaboration in the fight against cyber crime
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Jonylevin
6 years
Before coming for a job interview @Chainalysis this would be a good thing to read. Almost as important as reading our website.
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
2 years
We at @Chainalysis always believed that financial institutions are critical to the growth and success of the #crypto industry. Today that thesis gets another significant proof point. We’re proud to collaborate with @BNYMellon as they develop their digital assets business.
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Jonylevin
2 years
Bringing trust and transparency to crypto markets has never been more important for the future of our economy, our underserved communities and the future of the internet. Excited for GIC to back us to realize this vision and @BNYMellon to deepen our partnership
@chainalysis
Chainalysis
2 years
We're thrilled to announce a $170 million Series F financing led by GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, with participation from our existing investors, bringing our valuation to $8.6 billion.
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Jonylevin
5 years
People have been asking me about the inside of fundraising processes. I wrote this personal piece @VentureBeat to describe our journey @chainalysis and the lessons along the way.
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6 steps for picking the right growth stage investor by @jony_levin
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6 years
If people start realizing you can ICO without crypto we are all doomed.
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Jonylevin
7 years
@troyhunt Source of payments indicate Europeans worse affected Largest single source still BTC-E which serves Russian market #Ransomware #wannacry
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Jonylevin
7 years
$BTC vs $BCH - Survival of $BCH shows cryptocurrencies cant die. Mining games analysis from @chainalysis #bitcoin
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Jonylevin
2 years
Passports cannot continue to be physical things
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Jonylevin
10 years
@dgwbirch Do we need non-proprietary technologies like #bitcoin to make your psychic card a reality?
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Jonylevin
4 years
The @TheBrowser afterthought is better than cream with your coffee. “A nation is a group of persons united by a common error about their ancestry” — Karl Deutsch
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Jonylevin
4 years
If this had been another payment instrument the investigation could have been much harder. #Bitcoin made international coordination between exchanges and law enforcement simple. #twitterhacked
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Jonylevin
5 years
Broke my record for most expensive espresso in SF today. Without tip $7. Blue ocean strategy at work.
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Jonylevin
1 year
We pioneered blockchain analysis for following the money. Now we are broadening out to other forms of value. Helping everyone understand smart contract actions and transfers of value. Welcome to the new age of blockchain analysis.
@chainalysis
Chainalysis
1 year
1/ Today, we’re launching Storyline! A unique solution that organizations use to create transparency and clarity in #web3 . In this 🧵we look at how Storyline can help you understand, investigate, and communicate complex #DeFi transactions.
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Jonylevin
6 years
Hypothesis: most used bitcoins will be held in some sort escrow
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Jonylevin
4 years
Super excited to welcome @RibbitCapital and @sound_ventures_ on the @chainalysis journey as we continue to ensure the integrity of cryptocurrencies building bridges between the private and public sector.
@ForbesCrypto
Forbes Crypto
4 years
EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Kutcher invested in bitcoin investigation firm Chainalysis' recently expanded $49 million Series B: by @DelRayMan
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Jonylevin
3 years
Looking to start your career in crypto. I have some roles open to be on the front lines, learning about the new applications from NFTs to institutional custody. Come and join our SDR team @chainalysis , learn the market and develop your sales chops.
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Jonylevin
5 years
Excited to continue @chainalysis expansion in Japan and rest of APAC with awesome partners in @btmu_official (MUFG) and Sozo Ventures. Proud to expand our offerings in the region to financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses and governments.
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Jonylevin
4 years
It took 5 years, but we are finally ready to show what is really happening in the cryptocurrency markets live @chainalysis With insights from @philip_gradwell and team. Everyone can now understand #Bitcoin market fundamentals
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Jonylevin
8 years
Proud of @chainalysis team and excited to work with awesome investors and Europol preventing #blockchain abuse
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Jonylevin
4 years
We are following the #twitterhack funds @chainalysis but having a hard time tweeting from Company Account. We have updated our systems and customers affected will be alerted.
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Jonylevin
5 years
Growth Hacking (n.) Speculating on Twitter about hacked exchange funds to sell blockchain forensics
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Jonylevin
6 years
Met @cz_binance in 2013, happy to be working together in the fight against illicit finance as @chainalysis supports @binance to enhance its global AML program
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Jonylevin
1 year
While this may not look like me, these do represent my personal views
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Jonylevin
6 years
#CloudNY Was a brilliant reminder that every start up executive should take a day out of their busy schedule to learn from the best. Inspiring conference from @BatteryVentures and @FirstMarkCap
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Jonylevin
3 years
A man walks in to 4 bank branches to send a wire. Ouch.
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Jonylevin
3 years
Some days you wake up and read SEC filings. They can be some of the best days. ⁦ @elonmusk ⁩ $TSLA adds a cool $1.5bn in #bitcoin to their corporate treasury. 🚀🚀🚀
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Jonylevin
6 years
Don't write static pieces of content for crypto. Produce live dashboards that matter.
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Jonylevin
6 years
Breaking the ice on a plane packed of cyber security professionals is not easy. Small talk is an anagram for Social Engineering
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Jonylevin
3 years
1/ There will not be one correct crypto thesis. There will be many. A thread. 👇👇👇
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@jony_levin
Jonylevin
2 years
Back on capitol hill tomorrow testifying on national security implications of alternative payments. First order of business is recognition that we are in a global competition for the future of our financial rails. Owning the rails is necessary to win this industrial revolution.
@chainalysis
Chainalysis
2 years
Tomorrow at 10 am ET, @jony_levin will join a @FSCDems and @FinancialCmte subcommittee hearing to discuss blockchain technology, web3, and what challenges and opportunities these present U.S. national security. Learn more ⬇️
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Jonylevin
4 years
Great to be back with @laurashin for @chainalysis annual crypto crime report. Focused on industry efforts to tackle money laundering from ransomware, hacks and other illicit activity. More transparency leads to better mitigation.
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Laura Shin
4 years
On Unchained, @jony_levin and @KimberlyGrauer dive into Chainalysis' 2020 Crypto Crime Report. Topics: ransomware, exchange hacks, terrorism financing, and how criminals cash out. Plus, we cover the PlusToken scam and the NK-linked Lazarus Group
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Jonylevin
6 years
I got in to #Bitcoin to determine what was really happening on the blockchain. Today @Chainalysis we step one step closer to realize that vision. Thanks @KimberlyGrauer and @philip_gradwell and team. Bitcoin likely has the most liquid money supply
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Jonylevin
5 years
We published our stance on what makes a best in class Cryptocurrency compliance program. It’s Not Personal: How Chainalysis Collects and Uses Service-Level Data
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Jonylevin
5 years
Don’t stack birds. Stack sats.
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Jonylevin
4 years
Startups are going back to bedrooms. This is where the magic happens.
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Jonylevin
5 years
Painful reminder that seat 20F on a Boeing 757-200 is the worst seat on the plane: No recline, protruding exit door is cold and bulkhead prevents leg stretch. Reminder to always use
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Jonylevin
5 years
Lecturing on #Crypto at NYU tomorrow, tempting to start with: In 2008, Craig Wright invented Bitcoin....
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Jonylevin
2 years
My friend @MOUGK redefines what it means to be on the first page of @Google He does amazing work on world's response to COVID @Googleorg recognizing his contribution
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1 year
For people who say crypto is re-learning the lessons of financial history, it seems like we are not the only ones
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Jonylevin
5 years
Great being back on @laurashin Unchained podcast to talk about the important work that law enforcement and cryptocurrency exchanges do to combat the misuse of cryptocurrency and bring these criminals to justice.
@laurashin
Laura Shin
5 years
On Unconfirmed, @jony_levin describes how Chainalysis helped identify the administrator of the world's largest child sexual abuse site, leading to his arrest and that of 337 site users in 38 countries, as well as the rescue of 23 minors from their abusers.
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Jonylevin
2 years
Learning the Defi cheese security model at Stanford. Making sure the holes at each layer do not line up as perfectly as the arches.
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Jonylevin
9 years
Prediction: Key innovation in "distributed ledgers" will actually be privacy rather than transparency. @petertoddbtc @ShaulKfir @zooko
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7 years
To all my friends who think phishing is a typo, stop investing in ICOs
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Jonylevin
4 years
When lightning strikes, climb a mountain and dial in
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5 years
Moderated by @philip_gradwell this is not one I would miss
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Jonylevin
6 years
For people who think that manipulation of virtual currency markets does not fall under CFTC see red underline
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6 years
A person with a broken leg just beat me to the last citibike. Respect.
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6 years
8/ Protocols that try and achieve complex outcomes and behaviors will fail in the face of protocols which are simpler to understand and have fewer failure modes.
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Jonylevin
9 years
By instance, fraud higher in ACH than in Credit Card transactions. Accounts for 5% of volume of cases 18% in volume #MTRAschool
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Jonylevin
4 years
Five years in and we welcome the latest addition to the @chainalysis product suite Chainalysis Kryptos is the first cryptocurrency reference data source for Financial Institutions to understand the opportunities and risks in cryptocurrencies
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Jonylevin
2 years
For everything else there is decentralized payments #money2020
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Jonylevin
5 years
Never a dull lecture. MBA students with hard charging questions on business models, privacy and money laundering techniques. Great to be back at @NYUStern @nyuniversity
@propelforward
Drew Hinkes
5 years
@jony_levin of @chainalysis joining @nyulaw & @NYUStern students to lecture about #cryptocurrency compliance & investigations
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Jonylevin
8 years
Risk management on the blockchain is underway w. @PointNineCap @techstars @DCGco @ConvergeVP @FundersClub on board!
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Jonylevin
5 years
On @firstmove this morning talking to @jchatterleyCNN about how @chainalysis continues to pave the way for the responsible adoption of cryptocurrencies @NYSE
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