EU Commits â¬5 Million to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research
A group of government agencies, law enforcement groups and academic researchers are partnering on a new digital currency surveillance project. Backed by €5m in funding from the European Union, the initiative, dubbed "Tools for the Investigation of Transactions in Underground Markets", or TITANIUM, will be conducted over the next three years. Participants include Interpol, Interior Ministries from Spain and Austria, Finland's National Bureau of Investigation, and University College London, among others. In statements, the project's backers cited a recent wave…