Chainalysis company
Overview
Chainalysis is a blockchain analytics company founded in 2014 by Michael Gronager, Jan Moller and Jonathan Levin, headquartered at 114 Fifth Avenue in New York City. It sells compliance and investigation software that analyses public blockchain ledgers to trace flows of cryptocurrency, attributing addresses to exchanges, services and illicit actors. Its customer base is heavily governmental: the FBI, DEA, IRS Criminal Investigation and the UK's National Crime Agency are all users, alongside exchanges and banks running sanctions and AML screening. The company raised $100 million in March 2021, more than doubling its valuation to over $2 billion, and employed roughly 900 people as of 2023. In May 2024 it moved its regional headquarters for Southern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa to Dubai. Chainalysis was founded in 2014 and became the reference vendor for crypto tracing during the following decade. It helped shut down a major child abuse website in 2019, assisted in recovering more than $1 billion connected to the Silk Road takedown in 2020, and helped trace roughly $100 million stolen from Harmony by North Korean hackers. Its March 2021 raise valued it above $2 billion, and in May 2024 it relocated a regional headquarters to Dubai.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Chainalysis connects to 19 tracked entities, most strongly to BNY Mellon, Ethereum, Elliptic.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 10 of 19 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
partnered_with | BNY Mellon | 95% |
tracks | Ethereum | 95% |
competes-with | Elliptic | 95% |
mentions | How GoDark targets $100m in daily trading through its new crypto dark pool | 95% |
tracks | Bitcoin | 95% |
mentions | Investors pull $15bn from DeFi as latest hack sparks security fears | 95% |
publishes | Chainalysis Geography of Cryptocurrency 2024 | 95% |
publishes | Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report 2024 | 95% |
mentions | Crypto fraud and digital extortion surge as cybercriminals use AI | 95% |
operates | Chainalysis Reactor | 95% |
Frequently asked questions
What is Chainalysis?
Chainalysis is an analytics tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 19 other tracked entities, most strongly to BNY Mellon, Ethereum, Elliptic.
What type of entity is Chainalysis?
Chainalysis is classified as an analytics (company) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Chainalysis connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Chainalysis is linked to 19 other tracked entities, most strongly to BNY Mellon, Ethereum, Elliptic.
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