Trace summary — funds that left tradebase.io:

• Deposit confirmations from the claimant to Tradebase’s receiving wallet at tradebase.io.
• Forwarding-wallet pathway documented hop-by-hop with chain-of-custody hashes.
• Cross-chain bridge transactions where the operator routed value out of the deposit chain.
• Mixer or coin-join interactions, where applicable.
• Final off-ramp at a centralised exchange — the compliance counterparty named in the recovery filing.

Off-ramp reading — exchange counterparty for Tradebase:

• Tradebase casefiles end at a centralised exchange — Bybit, KuCoin, OKX, or Gate.io are common; the casefile names the actual deposit address that received the consolidated funds.
• Off-ramp wallet for Tradebase is matched against compliance and chain-analytics datasets the Professor reads daily.
• Compliance leverage applied to the named off-ramp for Tradebase — the packet is delivered in compliance-desk format.
• Non-cooperative off-ramps trigger IC3 + state-AG + civil-discovery escalation on the Tradebase casefile.

Recovery sequence — from on-chain reading to filed packet:

1. Casefile review on Tradebase — reading the submission against the no-go list.
2. Trace mapping on Tradebase — pathway documented to chain-of-custody standard.
3. Off-ramp naming on Tradebase — exchange endpoint identified.
4. Packet filing on Tradebase — to the named off-ramp, IC3, state AG; civil discovery overlay as applicable.
5. Documented follow-through on Tradebase.

What the Professor tracks across Tradebase casefiles:

• Chains tracked on Tradebase — Bitcoin and Ethereum at the deposit side; Tron USDT-TRC20 and BSC at the consolidation side; bridges crossed where the operator chases liquidity.
• Off-ramps tracked on Tradebase — named exchange counterparties with public compliance contacts.
• Filings supported on Tradebase — IC3, state AG, off-ramp compliance, civil discovery — selected by the dollar value and the off-ramp’s responsiveness.

Recovery scammers do these things; the Professor never does:

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