On Wednesday, the IRS awarded two $625,000 contracts searching for tracing instruments for privateness token Monero and Layer 2 protocols. The winners had been blockchain analytics companies Chainalysis and Integra FEC.

The IRS initially publicized its quest for a privacy-busting analytics resolution initially of the month. An IRS consultant instructed Cointelegraph that the company had chosen the 2 profitable companies out of a discipline of twenty-two proposals acquired, although the one rationale the consultant gave for the company’s determination was “comparative evaluation was used.”

Chainalysis is among the many main companies in crypto analytics and routinely wins such contracts with a variety of presidency businesses. Integra FEC is a comparatively unfamiliar identify, regardless of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in contracts with, for instance, the Securities and Change Fee for “Different Scientific and Technical Consulting Companies.”

Integra FEC had not responded to Cointelegraph’s request for remark as of press time. Chainalysis declined to remark, because it typically does when questioned about its work on privateness tokens.

As governments ramp up their curiosity in crypto tracing, the sphere of companies engaged on crypto tracing is more likely to develop. In mid-September, the U.S. Treasury blundered with sanctions on a Monero pockets that turned out to be a cost ID.