{"id":41648,"date":"2020-07-20T18:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T22:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/the-us-army-wants-to-track-cryptocurrency-transactions-heres-why-the-daily-hodl.php"},"modified":"2020-07-20T18:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T22:57:35","slug":"the-us-army-wants-to-track-cryptocurrency-transactions-heres-why-the-daily-hodl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/cryptocurrency\/the-us-army-wants-to-track-cryptocurrency-transactions-heres-why-the-daily-hodl.php","title":{"rendered":"The US Army Wants to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions  Heres Why &#8211; The Daily Hodl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) is looking for a web-based application that will allow it to trace cryptocurrency transactions.<\/p>\n<p>According to public records, the U.S. Army is looking to enhance its cryptocurrency investigative capabilities. The Army says it needs the application to limit criminal activities where cryptocurrencies are involved.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Army Contracting  New Jersey (CC-NJ) located at Fort Dix, NJ is surveying the market for 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.<\/p>\n<p>The Army says it needs to track Bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies that could be used for illicit activities.<\/p>\n<p>Application must enables [sic] users to conduct in-depth investigation into the source of cryptocurrency transactions and provides [sic] multi-currency analysis from Bitcoin to other top cryptocurrencies<\/p>\n<p>This is a requirement for an already developed web-based application that meets the requirements of the attached Statement of Work (SOW).<\/p>\n<p>Many government agencies are looking to enhance their cryptocurrency tracing capabilities. Recently, Coinbase was awarded a multiyear contract by the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>The period for the Army contract will be a minimum of 1 year with up to 4 additional years based on the needs of the agency.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2020\/07\/20\/the-us-army-wants-to-track-cryptocurrency-transactions-heres-why\/\" title=\"The US Army Wants to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions  Heres Why - The Daily Hodl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The US Army Wants to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions  Heres Why - The Daily Hodl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) is looking for a web-based application that will allow it to trace cryptocurrency transactions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}