What is address monitoring and when is it worthwhile?
In short: According to Paucitas, address monitoring means one or more wallet addresses are watched, so you find out the moment there is movement again. It is worthwhile when the funds are sitting still and you want to know when they are moved, rather than months later.
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What Paucitas does with address monitoring
We place the addresses from your file under address monitoring and follow the incoming and outgoing transactions there. If there is movement you receive a notification with the amount, the time, the onward address and a short reading: is this a move between addresses of the same party, or is it heading for an exchange.
With an outgoing move towards an exchange there is a short window in which your lawyer can act. That is why speed is the whole point of monitoring.
What you supply
Paucitas needs the addresses you want watched and the period. Those addresses often come from an earlier investigation; if they do not exist yet, that is the first step.
What you receive
Paucitas sends a notification per event and a periodic summary of what has been seen. At the end of the period, an overview that can be added to the file.
Monitoring is pointless for an address that has already been emptied and whose funds went through a mixer. We say so up front rather than let a subscription run on.
How to get started
You pass on to Paucitas the addresses and the period you have in mind. In a first conversation we decide together whether monitoring can achieve anything in your case.
The UK financial regulator publishes background on crypto and the risks that come with it: see FCA: crypto basics and FCA: recovery room scams.
Monitoring prevents nothing and blocks nothing. It signals movement, so you and your lawyer can act in time.
Would you like to know what this means for your situation? Ring us on +31 20 244 5774, day or night, or fill in our contact form and you will hear from us within 1 to 3 hours. We answer emails within 24 hours, usually the same day. The intake is free and without obligation.
Do you have a question about your own situation?
Feel free to get in touch with Paucitas. Paucitas can be reached by phone 24/7, including evenings and weekends. Through the contact form we usually reply within 1 to 3 hours, and we answer e-mail within 24 hours.
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Frequently asked questions
About your case
What is address monitoring?
Paucitas means by this: watching one or more wallet addresses so you are notified as soon as there is movement, with the amount, time and onward address.
When is address monitoring worthwhile?
Paucitas sees it as most useful when funds are sitting still at a known address and you want to know in time that they are being moved.
Can Paucitas freeze an address?
Paucitas: no. Monitoring only signals; only the party holding the funds can freeze them.
From Amsterdam, for the whole of the UK
Everything can be done fully online. Prefer to meet in person? You are very welcome at our office in Amsterdam, by appointment.
Paucitas is an independent expert firm based in the Netherlands that, for clients across the UK, investigates investment fraud and crypto fraud, establishes the origin and legitimacy of crypto assets and prepares expert reports for legal proceedings and compliance.
Your own situation
If you are reading this, you probably have a question about your own situation. That is exactly what Paucitas does.
The first step is contact by phone. You can book that call by phone or through the contact form, so you do not have to wait. In the call we look together at what can factually be established in your case and what Paucitas can examine for you.