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This Researcher Says Bitcoin’s Elliptic Curve Could Have a Secret Backdoor

One of the world’s top cryptographers believes that Satoshi Nakamoto chose Bitcoin’s (BTC) elliptic curve either for its efficiency or because it may offer a secret backdoor.Elliptic curve is worth $ billionsA Bitcoin public key is created by applying elliptic curve cryptography to the private key. One can easily create

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‘Financial Surveillance’ or ‘Blockchain Analysis’? Human Rights Foundation Debates Elliptic

“I think you should quit your job and go and work for the good guys,” the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein told Tom Robinson, the founder of crypto compliance firm Elliptic, Monday afternoon. The two were debating blockchain surveillance as part of the Mainnet online event, sponsored by Messari, which opened

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Blockchain Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Adds 87 Crypto Assets in Arms Race With Chainalysis

Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic has expanded its scope to cover some 97% of digital assets by trading volume – the broadest range of any crime-fighting blockchain analytics service, the company said.Announced Wednesday, Elliptic Navigator adds 87 new crypto assets to the firm’s existing purview.That said, touting just the number of

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Stellar Foundation and Elliptic Ink Exclusive Deal

The Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, a non-profit tasked with fostering Stellar's network growth, unveiled new ties with crypto risk-management operation, Elliptic, on April 30. The partnership sees the SDF calling on Elliptic's crypto risk expertise for businesses and financial institutions based on Stellar blockchain, SFD director of communications Lauren Thorbjornsen told Cryptox

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Crypto Analysis Firm Elliptic Discovers $400M of Illicit Ripple Transactions

Elliptic, a blockchain analysis provider based in London, has announced that it will support the Ripple (XRP)trade digital currency to monitor electronic transactions. According to a research conducted by Elliptic that was also released this week, an estimation of about $400 million of XRP tokens are tied to illegal transactions.The

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