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Brazil, the largest crypto market in Latin America, ranked fifth globally in Chainalysis' 2025 adoption index, up from tenth in 2024, with roughly 90% of domestic crypto flow linked to stablecoins.

Polymarket launched market integrity tools with Chainalysis, deploying blockchain-based surveillance to detect insider trading and enforce compliance, following an active-duty soldier's arrest for insider betting.

Chainalysis is introducing AI-powered blockchain intelligence agents trained on over a decade of its proprietary transaction data.

Citing Chainalysis data showing less than 1% of crypto transactions are illicit, the host contrasts that with FATF estimates that 2-5% of global GDP is laundered through traditional finance, questioning the singular focus on crypto.

Commercial chain analysis companies build sophisticated models from these transaction patterns and sell the intelligence to exchanges for compliance or to governments for surveillance.