Key relationships

(including Binance, FTX, Coinbase). There are many crypto exchanges. The biggest will tend to cooperate with law enforcement, or with requests to freeze funds if you already have those relationships in place.

these will allow you to hold and manage crypto yourself in circumstances where you cannot trust a third party custodian. Hot wallets such as MetaMask are connected to the internet so are less secure but more functional. The opposite is true of cold wallets such as the Nano USB device produced by Ledger.

such a s Copper, Trustology and Ledger. These providers do their own KYC and AML checks, but it isn’t impossible that stolen assets could slip through.

Elliptic, Chainalysis, Ciphertrace, Merkle Science, Coinfirm, Blockchain Intelligence Group. These firms can help track crypto assets, spot trends, prevent fraud and identity and link illicit addresses. It’s important to not only have access to some of their software but understand how they work and what they can do.

As crypto is international, it can be essential to have relationships with the relevant international law enforcement agencies.

These are experts at working with law enforcement and chain analytics firms to track cryptocurrencies.