Chainalysis

Chainalysis is a blockchain data and analytics company headquartered in New York City, United States. Founded in 2014 by Michael Gronager, Jonathan Levin, and Jan Møller, the company builds software and data products that allow organizations to trace, monitor, and investigate cryptocurrency transactions across public blockchains.

The company serves over 1,500 customers across more than 70 countries, including law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, DEA, and IRS Criminal Investigation, as well as cryptocurrency exchanges, banks, regulators, tax agencies, and cybersecurity firms. Its core products include Reactor for blockchain fund tracing, KYT for real-time transaction monitoring, Address Screening for counterparty risk assessment, and Hexagate for Web3 security threat detection.

Chainalysis has assisted in recovering over one billion dollars from the Silk Road takedown in 2020 and linked several major exchange hacks to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. The company has raised over 530 million dollars in funding from investors including Accel, Benchmark, Ribbit Capital, and Paradigm, and reached a valuation of approximately 8.6 billion dollars.