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Chainalysis Certified Investigator

Build the investigative skills to trace funds, identify actors, and follow the money across any blockchain. Grounded in real casework. Updated as threats evolve.

What you’ll learn

Trace funds across blockchain models

Follow cryptocurrency flows through UTXO-based networks like Bitcoin and account-based models like Ethereum, understanding how each records and reveals movement differently.

Attribute transactions to entities and behaviours

Analyse on-chain data to connect addresses to specific actors or patterns. Build the evidentiary record that supports a case or regulatory submission.

Detect and identify illicit patterns in the chain

Recognise spend patterns, peel chains, and clustering indicators: the on-chain signatures that show how funds are moved and obscured.

Follow funds across chains

Execute cross-chain analysis to trace assets as they move between major blockchain networks. Map a complete picture across different chain types.

Course agenda

Investigation workflows and case methodology
Practical UTXO tracing techniques
Detecting and identifying illicit activity
Alternative UTXO blockchains
Account-based model transaction analysis
Account-based model analytics in practice
Hands-on account-based case workflows
Introduction to additional account-based models

Assessment and delivery

Two 1-hour exams
One UTXO-based, one account-based. Open notes.
75% to pass
Scores available immediately on completion.
On-demand, self-paced
Typically completed in two to three days.
Prerequisite: CDAF
Successful completion of Chainalysis Digital Asset Fundamentals required.

Having training also available in German is essential for many of our officers — and the Academy delivers. Highly intuitive, fast-paced, and genuinely engaging. Great work. We’re already looking forward to new content.

Senior Investigator

Law Enforcement Agency, Germany