• IRS Chainalysis Monero contract
    Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Regulation,  United States

    IRS bets $1M Monero transactions are traceable

    The IRS decision to spend big bucks with Chainalysis and Integra FEC indicates that its criminal investigations division is eager to follow up its successes in tracking Bitcoin

    Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis and the data analytics company Integra FEC will each receive an upfront payment of $500,000 so they can begin developing their proposed tool. America’s taxman said it was seeking “innovative solutions” for tracing XMR, as well as off-chain transactions conducted using Layer 2 scaling networks.