Crypto Asset Tracing Handbook: SlowMist’s On-Chain Detective Guide
SlowMist has released the Crypto Asset Tracing Handbook, a practical on-chain detective guide aimed at helping traders, investors and security professionals track and recover stolen funds. Drawing on data showing 531 security incidents in 2024–H1 2025 with losses of $4.386 billion, the handbook breaks down essential blockchain concepts, common fund movement patterns, and core tracing techniques. It covers major chains (BTC, ETH, TRX, BNB, MATIC, SOL, AVAX, OP, ARB) and stablecoins (USDT, USDC), explains UTXO models, blockchain explorers and classification of addresses. Key sections detail the use of MistTrack and community tools for AML, peel chains, mixers and cross-chain bridge analysis. It also offers a step-by-step response plan for hacked users—preserving evidence, freezing assets, legal reporting and professional engagement. The Crypto Asset Tracing Handbook equips readers with actionable skills to identify suspicious transactions, leverage tracing tools and improve asset freezing and recovery efforts.
Neutral
This guide is purely educational and focuses on risk management rather than market speculation. While improved tracing and recovery tools can bolster trader confidence in on-chain security, they do not directly influence token supply or demand. Similar resources in the past have enhanced transparency and compliance without triggering significant price movements. In the short term, the handbook may encourage proactive asset protection, and in the long term it could strengthen market resilience—but its overall market impact remains neutral.