Mastercard Acquires CipherTrace To Boost Crypto Security and Compliance (theblockcrypto.com) 5
Payment services company Mastercard has acquired blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace to bolster its own cyber security tools and to better comply with crypto regulatory guidelines, according to an announcement on Thursday. The amount offered for the acquisition remains undisclosed. From a report: "With the rapid growth of the digital asset ecosystem comes the need to ensure it is trusted and safe," said Ajay Bhalla, president of Cyber and Intelligence at Mastercard, in the statement. "Our aim is to build upon the complementary capabilities of Mastercard and CipherTrace to do just this." In addition to gathering data in the crypto space, CipherTrace publishes yearly reports about the trends in the crypto ecosystem and has built compliance tools for decentralized exchanges.
Cryto-"borrowing". (Score:2)
In addition to gathering data in the crypto space, CipherTrace publishes yearly reports about the trends in the crypto ecosystem and has built compliance tools for decentralized exchanges.
Whew! No more break-ins.
Something something analytics (Score:2)
blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace
Google Analytics ...
Cambridge Analytica
I hate them already.
Our security and compliance is awesome (Score:2)
That's why we're buying a security and compliance company.
Makes you wonder.
"Security and Compliance" (Score:2)
You spelt "surveillance" wrong.
Let me rewrite that headline for you... (Score:2)