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That we don't know.
But all of these things in totality, the FBI's dissecting these leads credibility that they do believe that these notes were authentic.
Not much of a fight at all.
If any.
Even if it were, you know, a medical emergency at her part, you would see something.
Something would be knocked over, probably.
So, yeah, it's very surprising to hear that it was a maglev site.
No, it's a great question.
Look, first of all, thank you for having me on, Nancy.
Look, any time that there's a cryptocurrency address involved in a case, it's an immediate lead.
And what most people don't understand about cryptocurrency is every transaction occurs on a public blockchain, particularly Bitcoin, which is public.
meaning every transaction is traceable, trackable, and immutable.
In other words, it's there forever.
In other words, crypto is the ultimate crime scene.
You can go back in time.
You know, what transactions have occurred prior to this day involving this cryptocurrency address?
Has this address sent funds?
Has it received funds?
And ultimately, you track and trace those funds across blockchains using tools like TRM.
So what we do at TRM is we take that raw blockchain data that you're describing, that alphanumeric address, say, for example, that would be in a ransom note, and we layer it with threat intelligence.