The battlefield is evolving. Nation-state adversaries and non-state actors are increasingly operating across a new attack surface: public blockchains. From sanctions evasion to ransomware, terrorist financing to strategic technology procurement, malicious actors are exploiting cryptocurrency to generate and move funds with speed, scale, and perceived impunity.

For the UK intelligence community, this presents a new imperative: illuminate these financial flows before they become operational threats.

Blockchain intelligence — also known as BLOCKINT — is fast becoming a core component of national security toolkits.

Developed in partnership with TRM Labs, Hidden Signals on the Blockchain explores how blockchain intelligence equips national security teams to identify, attribute, and disrupt adversarial financial activity.