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Market Analysis / Research | April 23, 2026

How $1.77 trillion in stablecoin volume splits across three markets

Only 22% of $1.77T in weekly stablecoin volume is real - USDT, USDC, and USDS now serve three distinct markets.

Market Analysis / Research | April 16, 2026

Six stablecoins worth $26B have 89%+ of their supply concentrated in 10 addresses

Six stablecoins hold 89%+ supply in 10 wallets as transfer activity declines. Analysis of concentration risk and market health implications.

Compliance | April 16, 2026

CARF & DAC8: New crypto tax, ID, & compliance rules

CARF & DAC8 are reshaping crypto compliance globally, impacting exchanges, VASPs, tax authorities, and law enforcement.

Market Analysis / Research | April 9, 2026

Only 26% of stablecoin volume is genuine

Our weekly analysis of stablecoin settlement quality, supply dynamics, and organic share volatility across 27 tracked assets.

Investigations | April 8, 2026

France’s crypto crime: compliance as criminal data

France leads global crypto kidnapping wave: 16 in Q1 2026 as DAC8 and MiCA compliance data endanger investors.

Investigations | April 3, 2026

Crypto payment cards and financial crime risks

Crypto payment cards obscure crypto funding origins, creating compliance blind spots. Crystal traces the risk.

Market Analysis / Research | April 2, 2026

Settlement swings across eight stablecoins

Eight stablecoins shifted over 5pp. USDT and RLUSD drove real settlement; USDS grew supply without payment use.

Crystal 10 Years Campaign | April 2, 2026

Ten years of the right questions

A decade of blockchain intelligence, from Bitcoin tracing to DIFC Courts approval. The story of how Crystal kept asking the right questions at the rig

Market Analysis / Research | March 26, 2026

Stablecoins are splitting into money and collateral: what the data shows

Crystal Foresight data breaks down which stablecoins function as money and which serve DeFi infrastructure.

Crystal 10 Years Campaign | March 20, 2026

Crystal & Ukraine: before and after the invasion

How Crystal tracked $225M in Ukraine crypto donations, fought fraud, and exposed the Conti network.

Crypto Regulations | March 16, 2026

California DFAL: crypto risk and regulation 2026

California DFAL: crypto compliance, financial crime data, and deadlines for exchanges, kiosks and issuers.

Explainers | March 11, 2026

How to choose a blockchain analytics provider: 7 critical capabilities

Explore 7 core blockchain analytics capabilities: visibility, attribution, threat detection, compliance, scalability, data governance, and partnership

Market Analysis / Research | March 10, 2026

USDC is minting billions, but users aren’t there yet

USDC minted $1.5B for two straight weeks, but organic share unchanged. Crystal Foresight shows if supply meets real user demand.

Thought Leadership | March 5, 2026

Compliance blind spots: cash-to-crypto risks

Compliance blind spots: Crystal's webinar finds crypto compliance misses informal billion-dollar networks.

Market Analysis / Research | March 4, 2026

Most stablecoin volume data is not what it seems

Crystal Foresight's weekly stablecoin update separates genuine user activity from issuer operations across 18 assets. The data tells a different story