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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement department of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has paid Coinbase $1.36M dollars for a license to use Coinbase Analytics to study American residents’ knowledge.

Coinbase does it again

Coinbase once again goes against the grain of privacy purists’ opinions that their partnerships with U.S. authorities goes against the essence of cryptocurrency, by inking a deal with the Department of Homeland Security, to supply them with a Coinbase Analytics license. Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase assures privacy advocates that the Coinbase Analytics product does not provide any information outside what’s publicly visible on the blockchain. It does not make available Know Your Customer information together with the aggregated results of Coinbase Analytics.

What is Coinbase Analytics?

Amongst other things, Coinbase Analytics connects cryptocurrency transactions to real-world entities, and is able to investigate fraudulent blockchain activity. It remains unclear as to the exact data that the ICE will make use of from Coinbase’s blockchain forensic tool. Coinbase acquired a previously external analytics company called Neutrino in 2019, as it did not wish to share data with third parties in its effort to comply with anti-money laundering laws.

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