{"id":1041,"date":"2016-09-13T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/2016\/09\/blockchain-europe-europol-studies-the-ledger.html"},"modified":"2021-09-01T03:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T01:14:33","slug":"blockchain-europe-europol-studies-the-ledger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/blockchain-europe-europol-studies-the-ledger.html","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain Europe: Europol studies the ledger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4390\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/EU-flag.png\" alt=\"EU flag\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Europol<\/b>, or the <b>European Union<\/b> major law enforcement agency, has started a new working lab to <b>study the blockchain<\/b> and digital currencies.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This program sees also the participation of <b>Interpol<\/b>, one the most important organizations focused on law enforcement problems, and the <b>Basel Institute on Governance<\/b>, a non-profit organization focused on financial issues.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a press release published a few days ago, this lab will organize workshops with a global network of experts.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;Internet technologies become continuously more advanced, and so do the ways in which criminals utilize them for their illicit and illegal activities. Among these technologies, digital currencies are already transforming the criminal underworld.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Europol and Interpol collaborate on digital currency issues since the beginning of 2016, and these two groups already organized a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/europol-digital-currency-conference\/\">conferences<\/a> and training sessions for the global law enforcement representatives in the past.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, earlier this year, Europol started a partnership with Chainalysis with the aim of expanding its power of tracking cryptocurrency transactions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blockchain Europe<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Europe has always been interested in blockchain and cryptocurrencies since the beginning.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently a European Parliament representative suggested to start <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/europe-blockchain-e-1m-to-study-the-distributed-ledger.html\">studying the blockchain<\/a> and investing \u20ac1m in a task force focused on the distributed ledger.<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Europol, or the European Union major law enforcement agency, has started a new working lab to study the blockchain and digital currencies. 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