625: Analyzing Blockchain Data and Cryptocurrencies

Chainalysis' Director of Research, Kim Grauer joins Jon Krohn to explore the state of economic-data analysis on the blockchain. This episode is brought to you by Datalore (https://datalore.online/SDS), the collaborative data science platform. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • Kim's role as Director of Research [5:02] • The unique real-time economic-data analytics of the blockchain [13:07] • How ML can predict patterns of criminal activity on the blockchain [18:56] • Interesting use cases of ML for crime investigation [29:37] • The tools and approaches Kim uses daily [47:44] • The future of crypto, blockchains, and data science [50:54] • Why a data science bootcamp helps people break into data science [53:42] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/625