Chainalysis Digital Asset Programs
Crypto-enabled crime doesn’t wait for your team to catch up.
DeFi exploits, cross-chain laundering, privacy coin obfuscation — the technical complexity of crypto financial crime now outpaces what most investigations and compliance teams were trained to handle. The gap between what your team knows and what the threat requires is where cases stall, risk goes undetected, and criminals stay ahead.
Chainalysis addresses that gap through a progressive, role-based certification programme built on a decade of active casework. The programme draws on the same investigations that have contributed to more than $34 billion in frozen or recovered assets and is delivered by practitioners who are still actively working cases.
41,000+
Certified professionals across 1,500+ institutions and agencies worldwide
120+
Practitioners from law enforcement, intelligence, FIUs, and financial institutions
19+
Languages including German, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, Japanese and Korean
$34B+
In assets frozen or recovered with Chainalysis
Two ways to learn. One curriculum.
Whether your team learns independently or needs a programme built around your organisation’s cases and priorities, the curriculum is the same — built from the same casework, taught by the same practitioners.
Visit the Chainalysis Academy
On-demand certifications built from real casework. Self-paced, modular, available in 19+ languages. Progressive, role-based tracks included in your Chainalysis license with no per-seat fees. Foundational modules and resources are available to anyone without a license.
Private Training
Sessions focus on applied practice so teams build operational capability from day one.
The Chainalysis Academy stood out for the way it structures assessment — clear, dynamic, and never passive. The Reactor exercises are particularly strong: they let you apply concepts in realistic scenarios rather than just read about them. The inline mini-exercises, solvable without leaving the screen, reinforce understanding without breaking momentum. The content is concise and direct — which makes the learning faster and more effective.
Katerine Aristizabal
AML Legal Coordinator, Coltefinanciera
Learn, apply, master the certifications.
Every pathway begins from the same foundation — core blockchain concepts required for all tracks. From there, the certifications you pursue depend on your role: investigations or compliance, foundational to elite.
Chainalysis Digital Asset Fundamentals
Core blockchain concepts, digital asset mechanics, UTXO and account-based models. Required prerequisite for all certifications.
Chainalysis Certified Investigator
Complete investigative workflows — transaction tracing, entity identification, and report production for law enforcement and financial crimes practitioners.
Chainalysis Certified Advanced Investigator
DeFi protocols, complex typologies, privacy networks, and cross-chain tracing.
Chainalysis Certified Elite Investigator
Privacy coins, mixer typologies, DeFi exploits, and cross-chain tracing at the highest level of complexity — culminating in a practitioner capstone.
Chainalysis Certified Compliance Analyst
AML/CTF, sanctions, and digital asset risk frameworks. Builds analytical fluency for defensible risk determinations across digital asset exposure.
Chainalysis Certified Compliance Specialist
Deeper coverage of regulatory frameworks, typology analysis, and risk programme design for senior compliance practitioners.
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Chainalysis Asset Seizure Certification
Full lifecycle of crypto asset seizure — from identification and custody through legal documentation and disposition.
Qualified government professionals only.
Trained by practitioners. Not by course designers.
Every instructor has worked the cases — in law enforcement, intelligence and cybercrime units, crypto exchanges and financial institutions. That operational background is what separates Chainalysis instruction from other providers whose curriculum is written for the classroom rather than the field.
Stella Ko
Crypto Investigations & Practitioner Enablement
Stella Ko has trained more than 5,000 professionals across regulators, prosecutors, and VASPs. Stella is also an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Security at Chung-Ang University in Seoul and brings 18 years of cross-industry experience spanning global technology and commodity trading.
→ English ׅ& Korean
→ Public & Private Sector
→ APAC
Juan Jose Berrocal
Crypto Fraud & AML/CTF
Juan spent eight years at a major global crypto exchange, where he investigated fraud, AML failures, and CTF typologies at scale. Juan continues to lead live investigations and has trained law enforcement, regulators, and financial institutions across five continents.
→ English ׅ& Spanish
→ Public & Private Sector
→ EMEA
Clara Babot
Cybercrime & Crypto Investigations
Clara Babot spent six years in law enforcement, where she worked on cybercrime and cyberintelligence cases. Clara is a member of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Cybercrime and the European Network of Policewomen. Clara has also spoken at C1b3rWall and OsintomátiCOPS, and has lectured in postgraduate cybersecurity programs.
→ English ▪ Spanish ▪ Catalan ▪a French
→ Public Sector
→ EMEA
Rafa Arronte
AML/CTF & Crypto Investigations
Rafa Arronte has spent a decade in compliance at Mexico’s largest financial institutions, including Citibanamex, Bitso, and VW Bank. Rafa holds certifications from the University of Michigan, Duke University, and the ACFCS, and earned a BBA jointly from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Nebrija Business & Technology School.
→ English & Spanish
→ Private Sector
→ Latin America
Andre Avellaneda, CAMS
Crypto Compliance
Andre Avellaneda has seven years of experience in AML and KYC across Wells Fargo, PayQwick, and StoneX, spanning personal banking, money services businesses, and derivatives. Andre has also led live certification pilots for agencies including the Canada Revenue Agency.
→ English & Spanish
→ Public & Private Sector
→ North America
Zulfikar Moledina LL.B, MSc, CAMS, GCIH
Financial Crime & Cyber Threat Intelligence
Zulfikar Moledina brings more than 20 years of experience across J.P. Morgan’s EMEA Financial Intelligence Unit and the UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCA). He has led operataions focused on cyber threat intelligence, organised crime, money laundering, and terrorist financing. Zulfikar is also among the few trainers in this field with concurrent experience in both tier-one banking and national law enforcement.
→ English
→ Public & Private Sector
→ EMEA
Chris Brooks
Economic Crime & Cybercrime
Chris Brooks spent seven years investigating complex economic and cybercrime cases at the UK National Crime Agency before moving into training. He now leads Spanish-language delivery of Chainalysis certifications, bringing a practical, investigation-first approach.
→ English & Spanish
→ Public & Private Sector
→ EMEA, Latin America
Morgan Madden
National Security & Cybercrime
Morgan Madden spent nearly a decade as a signals intelligence and digital network analyst in the U.S. Air Force, supporting national security clients on DPRK-focused cyber investigations. She specializes in ransomware, mixers, bridges, and cross-chain laundering.
→ English
→ Global Public Sector
→ Americas
Having completed several Chainalysis Academy courses, and currently working through the Advanced Investigator program, I found the Academy highly practical and directly relevant to real-world scenarios. The content is well-structured and easy to follow, and I particularly value the strong focus on investigations and compliance use cases that I can apply in my day-to-day work in the digital assets space.
Mario Keser
Wirex
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FAQ
Do I need to pay separately for Certifications?
No. Certifications are included with your Chainalysis licence — no per-seat fees, no credit systems. The tracks available to you depend on which Chainalysis products your organisation has licensed.
What's the difference between Academy and Private Training?
Academy is on-demand and self-paced, accessible anytime, included with your Chainalysis license. Private Training delivers the same certification curriculum live, with a Chainalysis instructor, in cohorts of up to 15 or 30. Sessions are structured around applied practice so your teams build operational capability from day one.
How are certifications verified?
Every Chainalysis certification is issued as a digital credential with a verifiable badge. Holders can share credentials via LinkedIn or any professional profile.
Why are there no more training credits to purchase?
Because learning shouldn’t be rationed. All certifications are included with your Chainalysis licence — no credits, no per-seat fees, no administrative overhead. Your team can certify, re-certify, and progress without approvals or budgeting cycles.