
KEY POINTS
- Elliptic trained an AI model to identify transaction chains that represent Bitcoin laundering
- The model detected some of the known crypto laundering patterns in the sector such as peeling chains
- It also helped identify illicit digital wallets that were previously not known to the blockchain research circle
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has shared new details about its research on the use of artificial intelligence to detect money laundering activities in the cryptocurrency central to Bitcoin, the world's largest crypto by market cap.