From the marginalia — the deposit pathway:

• Initial deposit hashes to the XPO Markets receiving address at xpo.markets.
• Hop-by-hop forwarding wallets across the deposit chain, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
• Cross-chain bridge events that move value into the chain where liquidity supports the eventual off-ramp.
• Obfuscation events through mixer contracts and privacy services.
• Centralised-exchange off-ramp wallets — the named counterparty that holds compliance leverage.

Off-ramp map — where the funds left the chain:

• Endpoint counterparty in the XPO Markets casefile is named — typically a major venue such as OKX or Bybit, sometimes Gate.io or KuCoin, occasionally Binance or Huobi when liquidity allows.
• XPO Markets’s off-ramp wallet is then matched against compliance feeds the Professor maintains a standing read on.
• Leverage is applied to that named counterparty — the XPO Markets packet is assembled to a standard the off-ramp’s compliance desk reads and acts on.
• If the XPO Markets off-ramp is non-cooperative, the casefile escalates to IC3, the relevant state AG, and (where dollar value warrants) a civil-discovery overlay for KYC.

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

1. Triage on XPO Markets — submission read against a no-go checklist, written go/no-go returned to the claimant inside one business day.
2. Trace on XPO Markets — deposit pathway mapped across chains, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
3. Identify on XPO Markets — off-ramp endpoint matched to a named exchange counterparty.
4. File the XPO Markets packet — IC3, state AG (where loss meets state thresholds), off-ramp compliance desk, and civil-discovery overlay where dollar value supports it.
5. Follow-through on XPO Markets — the Professor stays on the casefile until a documented next step exists.

Reading-list — chains and exchanges in scope:

• Chains in scope for XPO Markets — the chains that handle the volume of casefile activity in this segment (BTC, ETH, Tron, BSC, plus L2s).
• Off-ramps in scope for XPO Markets — named centralised exchanges with compliance leverage.
• Filings supported on XPO Markets — IC3, state AG, off-ramp desk, civil discovery as applicable.

What the Professor will never do — by policy:

• XPO Markets policy — seed phrases are never requested.
• XPO Markets policy — remote-access logins are never requested.
• XPO Markets policy — no upfront cash retainer to scope.
• XPO Markets policy — no guaranteed-recovery language. None.
• XPO Markets policy — no unsolicited calls. The Professor responds in writing only.