BIPA invites investigators to Attribution Games Berlin

Nov 13, 2026

The Blockchain Intelligence Professionals Association (BIPA) invites investigators, analysts and researchers to take part in Attribution Games Berlin, a two-day wallet attribution hackathon hosted by the Digital Asset Task Force (DATF) of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime (GCFFC) on 24–25 November 2026.

Two days to label the unlabelled

The event takes place at the Bitvavo Event Space and the w3.hub in Berlin. It is co-organised with Siedler Legal and supported by Bitvavo, Bundesblock, DAAvern, Elliptic and Recoveris.

Selected teams will work in a controlled environment to identify and document wallet addresses used by high-risk services and scams. They will rely on open sources and outreach-based collection, under defined Rules of Engagement. Every submission must be backed by evidence and is reviewed by a panel of judges.

From reactive labels to a shared Attribution Center

Attribution — establishing who controls a cryptoasset wallet — underpins investigations, sanctions screening and compliance decisions. Yet it remains largely reactive. Labels tend to appear only after funds have moved, and they sit in closed datasets with no shared standard for how they are evidenced, graded, updated or withdrawn. Services that move illicit funds can therefore keep operating unlabelled.

Attribution Games Berlin tests a proactive alternative. Its results will feed the DATF’s work towards the Attribution Center: an independent, shared and standards-based attribution resource that bridges public and private interests. Verified findings will go to law enforcement first, then to stakeholders with a legitimate interest, and the methodology will be published in a paper after the event.

BIPA at the GCFFC Annual Summit in Vilnius

Bogdan Vacusta, Co-founder and Chairman of BIPA, took part in the GCFFC Annual Summit in Vilnius on 22–23 October 2026, contributing to the panel on attribution. He reiterated BIPA’s call for common blockchain intelligence standards, first set out at the RUSI workshop in Warsaw, so that attribution findings can be evidenced, compared and relied upon consistently across authorities and the private sector.

The Summit’s findings and recommendations are now available from GCFFC.

An Attribution Center for Romania

BIPA supports the implementation of an Attribution Center in Romania as a joint project of GCFFC, ICI Bucharest and BIPA — the first initiative of its kind, intended to serve as a model of good practice for other jurisdictions. ICI Bucharest brings its national research and technical capacity, while BIPA acts as the educational partner, building skills and facilitating the sharing of good practice among Romanian authorities and the private sector.

The project is scheduled to start in February 2027, with its first results to be presented at the Blockchain Intelligence Forum 2027 in Bucharest on 22 April 2027.

How to take part

Participation is by invitation and subject to approval. BIPA encourages its members, partners and the wider community of blockchain intelligence practitioners to apply.

• Register: Attribution Games Berlin application form
• Questions: [email protected]
• More about the event: GCFFC announcement