Another day, another sign that the United States government is putting forth a much more concerted push towards tracking cryptocurrencycryptocurrency. This time, it’s the United States Army.
The Department of the Army, the federal agency that is part of the Department of Defense and oversees the US Army, is on the hunt for a cloud-driven tool that can help the Army Criminal Investigation Division Command track cryptocurrencies and analyze transaction sources.
Rather than seek a developer to create a bespoke tool specifically for the agency, the official Request for Information description specifically notes access to a web-based platform that is already up and running.
According to the description, the agency seeks “potential contractors capable of providing one license for one user of a cloud, web-based application capable of assisting law enforcement to identify and stop actors who are using cryptocurrencies for illicit activity such as fraud, extortion, and money laundering.”
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking tools that it can use to trace privacy-centric cryptocurrency tokens, as well as Layer 2 off-chain transaction protocols such as Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
The agency issued a Request for Information earlier this week for the pilot program initiated by the IRS Criminal Investigations Division. The IRS is seeking an interactive prototype with a graphical interface that will let it cluster together transactions from a user, as well as a...
The Army’s request further noted that it seeks an application that will enable its users to “conduct in-depth investigation into the source of cryptocurrency transactions and provide multi-currency analysis from BitcoinBitcoin to other top cryptocurrencies.”
The Department of the Army has set a deadline of July 20 for submissions, with the potential for a one-year base agreement with up to four additional option years.
Help wanted tracking crypto
Earlier this month, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its own Request for Information for tracking tools that would help it with privacy-centric cryptocurrencies, as well as Layer 2 off-chain protocols such as Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. However, that particular request sought a working prototype for a bespoke tool that could be developed to its specifications.
Have seen a few articles talking about Coinbase Analytics - figured I would share my thoughts on it, since I don't think it's particularly newsworthy - and lots of conjecture out there.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has also racked up US government contracts of late. Over the weekend, it was revealed that Coinbase had sold access to its analytics tools to the US Secret Service—something that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong defended on Twitter, albeit to largely negative responses from prominent members of the crypto community.
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Three decades later, crypto exchange Coinbase, through its Developer Platform, has brought it back to life with x402, a new, open-source protocol that creates a native payment layer for the web.
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Ethereum has successfully activated the first phase of Pectra, its latest major upgrade since Dencun in March last year, going live at 6:05am ET in New York on Wednesday.
Following the hard fork itself, developers faced a nail-biting wait to see if the network had achieved finality, which took place at 6:18am ET.
The Pectra hardfork has finalized on #Ethereum!
Congratz everyone 🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/sOwPVN1UOO
— beaconchain.eth 📡 (@beaconcha_in) May 7, 2025
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A new layer-1 blockchain focused on privacy and mining accessibility is now live with the launch of Tari mainnet.
Led by a group of former Monero developers, Tari’s mainnet follows the network’s testnet launch in September 2024, placing it in a crowded field of layer-1 networks that includes heavyweights like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. But the developers see Tari differently than the pack.
“Our hot take: Existing chains are missing key ingredients needed for them to succeed in becoming the...