Pig-butchering: charting the eight-stage pipeline
Pig-butchering is the most operationally engineered fraud category Cointiverse encounters. Eight predictable stages, each with chartable signatures.
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The trail still goes through exchanges
Almost every recoverable case routes through a centralized exchange somewhere on the path from theft to fiat. Why exchanges are the primary recovery handle.
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Reading mixer-output topology: a primer
Mixers are the laundering tool most often invoked as a recovery dead-end. The reality is more nuanced — and more chartable than most people assume.
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Why recovery scams are the second-biggest threat
After the original fraud comes the second one — fake recovery services that target fresh victims. The pattern, the math, and how to defend against it.
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The five red flags that surface in 80% of intake cases
The patterns the cartographer's desk sees on most intakes — the early-warning signals that, once you know them, are almost impossible to unsee.
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What chain mapping actually shows you
A working description of the cartographer's deliverable — what is on the map, what is not, and why the distinction matters.
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