Darknet service for checking “dirty” bitcoins suspended

Elliptic-identified darknet service for linking bitcoin addresses to illicit activity suspended amid media and government scrutiny, says Joe Tidy.

The darknet service identified by Elliptic that allows checking potential links between bitcoin addresses and illicit activity has suspended operations amid media and government scrutiny. BBC News journalist Joe Tidy reported.

The creator of this darknet service has contacted me with a statement. They say the site was taken down 8hrs after our report came out and that it is not designed just for criminals: https://t.co/OK39RV6jHd pic.twitter.com/LNLMcHVL4x

— Joe Tidy (@joetidy) August 16, 2021

The darknet service identified by Elliptic reported about the service on August 13. They found that the results provided by Antinalysis were identical to those produced by AMLBot, which is a reseller for Crystal Blockchain, an analytics provider.

The Antinalysis site today: pic.twitter.com/Wlq817qsJ6

— Tom Robinson (@tomrobin) August 16, 2021

“Unfortunately, after a large amount of media reporting Antinalysis drew the attention of state authorities,” Pharoah wrote on a dark-web forum, according to The Block.

He also said that the team is trying to resolve the data issue.

Elliptic reported on August 13 that the results provided by Antinalysis were identical to those produced by AMLBot, which is a reseller for Crystal Blockchain, an analytics provider.

As suggested by @briankrebs, we can confirm that the results provided by Antinalysis are identical to those provided by AMLBot — which is itself a reseller for Crystal Blockchain, an analytics provider.@CrystalPlatform @cryptoaml_bot https://t.co/1HEhw3XLDQ

— Tom Robinson (@tomrobin) August 13, 2021

According to Elliptic, in 2020 criminals laundered 13% of the bitcoins obtained through criminal activity via anonymous wallets.

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