Ce n'est plus seulement une société israélienne qui trace les fonds reçus en cryptos par le Hamas, c'est désormais aussi une agence britannique.
Selon ce papier de Reuters, le Hamas a changé sa façon de procéder depuis quelques semaines pour que ses dons soient moins facilement traçables notamment vis-à-vis des exchanges qui pourraient blacklister son adresse.
Ainsi son site génère désormais une nouvelle adresse à chaque nouveau don.
Between March 26 and April 16, 0.6 bitcoin - worth around $3,300 - was sent to the website-created wallets, Elliptic’s research found. All told, the four-month fundraising campaign has raised around $7,400, the firm said.
The firm monitored these addresses, later identifying multiple transactions that sent funds from the addresses to a major Asia-based cryptocurrency exchange.
Thirteen of the donations were made from a separate exchange, also from Asia, said Elliptic, which declined to give further details of the exchanges. It was not clear whether the bitcoin had since been converted to traditional currencies, the firm said.
Comme par hasard, on apprend néanmoins que cette agence londonienne a déjà travaillé avec le FBI, la DEA et l'IRS(le fisc americain).
London-based Elliptic and U.S. rival Chainalysis are the most prominent blockchain analysis firms, and have gained traction as watchdogs, cryptocurrency companies and firms such as hedge funds seek tools to track digital coins.
Backed by investors including Banco Santander’s venture capital arm, Elliptic’s clients include financial firms, regulators and law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States.
Since 2016 it has won contracts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service and Drug Enforcement Administration, according to USAspending.gov here, a database of U.S. government contracts.
Hamas shifts tactics in bitcoin fundraising, highlighting crypto risks: researchhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-hamas/hamas-shifts-tactics-in-bitcoin-fundraising-highlighting-crypto-risks-research-idUSKCN1S20FAMalheureusement cette agence britannique est beaucoup moins prolixe que sa consoeur israëlienne et reste vague sur les exchanges impliqués, indiquant juste qu'ils sont asiatiques...
Mais d'après ce tweet du 16/2 de Whitestream, l'agence israélienne, Binance et Bitfinex seraient concernés
#Hamas Bitcoin funding campaign is still on the move.
Most of the funds received from @binance , and withdrawals went through @bitfinex
