If you’re ever robbed of cash, you know you’ll most likely never see those bills again. If that same crime occurs digitally, with a bank account, for example, you can report it… But you still won’t be able to see the movement of that money. You might not even recover it, either way. In this sense, most cryptocurrencies offer a major advantage: transparency. Anyone can see and track their transactions, which can make it easier to locate funds in the event of crypto crimes.

That public trail has become one of the most useful tools for investigators. When transparent chain records are combined with exchange data, search warrants, and traditional detective work, stolen funds often leave a lot of clues behind. Some of the world’s biggest…