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.
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