Category: Taps

  • Elliptic Taps Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Crack Down on Bitcoin Money Laundering

    Elliptic Taps Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Crack Down on Bitcoin Money Laundering

    Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic said its researchers have made progress in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to detect money laundering in Bitcoin. A recent paper detailing this research was co-authored by researchers from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. Elliptic has revealed the successful identification of illicit proceeds deposited on a cryptocurrency…

  • Kenya taps Israeli loan for upgrade of air defence

    Kenya is acquiring a high-tech missile defense system from Israel using a billion shillings loan from Tel Aviv amid growing security threats in the Gulf of Aden from Houthi rebels and Somalia’s Al-Shabaab. The missile barrier, called the Spyder Air Defense System, will be acquired from an Israeli company, Rafael…