Reading the wallets — Tag Markets casefile:

• Claimant deposit hashes — provided in the case submission and verified against the public ledger for Tag Markets.
• Forwarding wallets on the deposit chain — each hop documented with the forwarding tx hash and the consolidating wallet.
• Bridge events into chains where the operator can off-ramp at scale.
• Mixer or privacy-service interactions, where present, listed with the contract address and the deposit/withdraw side.
• Off-ramp endpoint — the centralised exchange deposit address holding the compliance lever.

Off-ramp reading — exchange counterparty for Tag Markets:

• Tag Markets off-ramps consistently to centralised exchanges — Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini appear less often than the offshore venues; the casefile names the actual endpoint.
• The Tag Markets off-ramp address is matched to known compliance feeds — the Professor’s standing dataset plus chain-analytics references.
• Compliance leverage is applied at the named counterparty for Tag Markets — the packet meets the off-ramp’s published compliance standard.
• When the Tag Markets off-ramp does not respond, escalation runs through IC3 (for US claimants), state AG, and (above a dollar threshold) civil-discovery overlay.

Pathway to recovery — what happens after the trail is mapped:

1. Read the Tag Markets submission — written go/no-go returned.
2. Map the Tag Markets wallet trail — every hop captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
3. Name the Tag Markets off-ramp — endpoint counterparty identified.
4. Build and file the Tag Markets recovery packet — to IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance, civil-discovery overlay.
5. Stay on the Tag Markets file — until written next steps exist.

Reading-list — chains and exchanges in scope:

• Chains the Tag Markets casefile may touch — Bitcoin and Ethereum at the deposit side, Tron USDT-TRC20 in stablecoin pathways, BNB Smart Chain and the L2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base) where bridges link them.
• Off-ramps relevant to Tag Markets — the major venues including OKX, Bybit, Binance and KuCoin, plus the regional venues operators rotate through under regulatory stress.
• Filings the Tag Markets packet supports — IC3, the appropriate state attorney general, the off-ramp’s compliance desk, and a civil-discovery overlay where dollar value justifies it.

Lines the Professor will not cross:

• Boundary on Tag Markets — seed phrases are off-limits.
• Boundary on Tag Markets — remote logins are off-limits.
• Boundary on Tag Markets — upfront cash retainers are off-limits.
• Boundary on Tag Markets — guaranteed-recovery promises are off-limits.
• Boundary on Tag Markets — unsolicited outbound contact is off-limits.