IRS: Criminal Investigations protects the American people and fosters confidence in a fair and equal tax system by leveraging Chainalysis solutions and expertise.
View customer storiesExchanges allow users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrency. They represent the most important and widely-used service category in the cryptocurrency industry, accounting for 90% of all funds sent by services. Chainalysis is uniquely positioned to help leading exchanges meet all of their compliance and investigation needs, as well as helping them to better understand customers, tailor product offerings, and identify new revenue streams.
“We chose Chainalysis due to them being the best of breed in coverage of data and forensic investigation tooling. Chainalysis has been a huge game changer for us.”
Eva Crouwel, Head of Financial Crime, Luno
Leading banks, payment processors, hedge funds and venture capital firms of all sizes globally are already tapping into opportunities presented by cryptocurrencies and are now building their product and technology strategies to include cryptocurrencies. To do so in a compliant manner, these organizations have turned to Chainalsysis to equip their teams with the tools and visibility to meet the needs of this rapidly changing market.
“We believe that crypto can play a key role in addressing the apparently growing customer needs and providing crypto trading platforms with functionality, security and trust.”
Matt Comyn, CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
The cryptocurrency ecosystem is vast and always growing, powered by key players ranging from currencies to mining to gaming to infrastructure and everything in between. Chainalysis equips these businesses with the solutions they need to instill trust and safety in the crypto space, all while giving their customers the best possible experience.
Criminals exploit cryptocurrency to finance and conceal illegal activities, moving money faster and easier than cash or traditional banking. The pseudonymous blockchain is a critical asset for law enforcement to identify and triage leads, close cases, seize assets & bring criminals to justice faster, and Chainalysis is a key solution to help these agencies achieve that stated mission.
“Chainalysis’ use by key industry, U.S. Government, and foreign partners necessitates OFAC’s use of the same tool to be able to collaborate easily and seamlessly with these partners in investigations and anti-money laundering and terrorist finance inquiries.”
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Intent to Sole Source Chainalysis 2021
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OFAC Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that Received Over $160 million from Ransomware Attackers, Scammers, and Darknet Markets
Cryptocurrency is evolving rapidly and adoption is accelerating. Chainalysis enables regulators to identify Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and their jurisdictions, monitor compliance and investigate high-risk activities to ensure that cryptocurrency businesses are adhering to industry standard benchmarks.
“Chainalysis equips my office with the tools we need to ensure our banks are conducting deposit-taking, custody and fiduciary activities with digital assets in a safe and sound manner.”
Albert Forkner, Wyoming Banking Commissioner
There’s a wealth of opportunities in crypto, but finding reliable data and insights to make data-driven decisions for research and investments can be tricky. Chainalysis solves for this by providing a satellite view of the blockchain, and arming Asset Management teams with metrics calculated from the crypto activity of thousands of businesses.
“As the cryptocurrency industry matures at an accelerating pace, it’s important for us to stay on top of emerging trends and fast-growing businesses. Chainalysis Market Intel provides important data for us to stay informed on the continued evolution of crypto globally.”
Matthew Wong, Research Lead, Ribbit Capital