The FBI has held its cryptocurrency crime symposium for the past nine years, with this year’s meeting taking place in Texas in September. The event brought together law enforcement officers, overseas investigators and crypto security specialists, including representatives from blockchain forensics firms Chainalysis and TRM Labs and officials from FinCEN (U.S. financial-crime monitoring agency). Discussions covered cryptocurrency use by cartels and for terrorist financing, cyber fraud, child sexual abuse material, human trafficking and wrench attacks (physical attacks targeting crypto holders). Participants also examined emerging hacking methods, North Korean activity and mechanisms for information sharing between the crypto industry and law enforcement agencies.