• Paladin Capital led Elliptic $5 million Series A funding round in February 2016, backing blockchain analytics software focused on crypto risk management.
• Elliptic tools use graph analysis, machine learning to trace crypto flows, support law enforcement investigations, assess blockchain transaction risk.
• Simone Maini joined Elliptic as COO in 2016, named CEO in April 2020.
• Elliptic intelligence flagged Huione Guarantee, Xinbi Guarantee as illicit marketplaces processing more than $35 billion in transactions.
• Elliptic linked ChipMixer to at least $844 million laundered for criminal actors including North Korea Lazarus Group, cited as contributing to joint US-European law enforcement takedown.

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