Layoff
Feb 2023Chainalysis said it would cut less than 5% of staff during a reorganization, mainly affecting go-to-market roles.
SourceBlockchain data platform for compliance and investigation.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Chainalysis is a New York–based blockchain data and intelligence platform that helps government agencies, crypto businesses, financial institutions, and cybersecurity teams investigate blockchain activity, manage compliance risk, prevent fraud, and support market intelligence.
Primary product
Chainalysis Reactor
Founded
2014
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
500-600
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Blockchain analytics / blockchain intelligence / crypto compliance
Offices
New York, New York, United States (HQ)
Washington, DC, United States
114 5th Ave, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
Singapore
London, United Kingdom
Tokyo, Japan
Business model
enterprise SaaS
subscription software
data and analytics platform
API and data licensing
professional services
Funding
Stage
late-stage private
Total raised
$536.6M
Latest round
Secondary Market · Apr 2024
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Chief Information Security Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Scientist
Chief Technology Officer
Investors
9Yards Capital
Accel
Addition
Altimeter
Bank of New York Mellon
Benchmark
Blackstone
C1 Fund
Coatue
Converge
Digital Currency Group
Dragoneer Investment Group
Durable Capital Partners
Emergence Capital
FundersClub
GIC
Haun Ventures
Hercules Capital
Marc Benioff
MUFG Innovation Partners
Paradigm
Pictet Group
Point Nine
Ribbit Capital
Sequoia Capital
SharesPro
Silicon Valley Bank
Sound Ventures
Sozo Ventures
Techstars
Work & culture
Mission-driven and globally distributed, with a hybrid model and explicit values around trust, rigor, collaboration, and evidence-based decision-making. Public-facing culture materials emphasize curiosity, honesty, passion, and a team-first mindset.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
No public salary bands were found in the reviewed sources; public recruiting materials emphasize perks, flexible work arrangements, and benefits rather than disclosed compensation ranges.
Benefits
paid vacation
paid sick time
parental leave
low-cost medical plans
low-cost dental plans
low-cost vision plans
360 wellness program
virtual therapy
virtual meditation
professional development reimbursement
crypto purchasing perk
monthly work-from-home reimbursement
home office build-out stipend
sponsored travel to global offices for remote employees
office snacks and catered lunches for office-based employees
Product & market
Pricing
Enterprise custom contracts; private offers and subscription pricing, with usage-based overages for some data products.
Differentiators
- —Court-tested blockchain intelligence methodology, including Daubert-validation claims for Reactor
- —Deep attribution database built over a decade of investigations and customer usage
- —Unified platform spanning investigations, compliance, fraud prevention, web3 security, and analytics
- —AI-powered workflows and no-code analysis tools
- —Automatic support for new tokens and chains as they are added
- —Large services and customer success footprint with a shared investigator community
Technology
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
React
Python
Go
Java
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
PostgreSQL
Redis
Datadog
Splunk
Mixpanel
Looker
Fivetran
GitHub
Vercel
Customers
government agencies
law enforcement agencies
regulators
tax authorities
financial institutions
exchanges
crypto businesses
cybersecurity companies
fintech companies
wallet providers
asset managers
Competitors
TRM Labs
Elliptic
Crystal Intelligence
Merkle Science
Coinfirm
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$200M-$300M
Estimated monthly visits
207K
Traffic estimate as of Jan 2026
Signals & risks
Layoff
Oct 2023Chainalysis laid off about 15% of staff, or roughly 150 employees, as it shifted focus toward the public sector.
SourceAcquisition
Oct 2021Chainalysis acquired Excygent, a cybercrime investigations and data-processing firm.
SourceAcquisition
May 2023Chainalysis acquired Transpose, a blockchain data and infrastructure company.
SourceAcquisition
Dec 2024Chainalysis acquired Hexagate, a web3 security and real-time threat detection company.
SourceAcquisition
Jan 2025Chainalysis acquired Alterya, an AI-powered fraud detection company.
SourceLatest news
Chainalysis · Jul 2026
Chainalysis says OFAC sanctioned a Hamas-linked financial network and seven TRON addresses, and its on-chain analysis found the newly designated wallets had collectively received about $38.6 million in crypto.
Chainalysis · Jul 2026
Chainalysis analyzed OFAC’s added Central Bank of Iran crypto addresses, noting $165 million in stablecoin inflows and $131 million frozen by Tether, with upstream links to an institutional liquidity provider and an Asia-based payment processor.
Chainalysis · Jul 2026
Chainalysis highlighted a major US/EU/UK cyber-sanctions action and said wallets associated with the Trickbot administrator Stern had received more than $300 million in ransom payments.
Chainalysis · Jul 2026
Chainalysis argued that Reactor’s methodology met Daubert scrutiny in the Sterlingov/Bitcoin Fog case and emphasized the transparency and reproducibility of its blockchain analytics.
Chainalysis · Jul 2026
Chainalysis announced automatic support for Robinhood Chain tokens in KYT, entity screening, and Reactor, extending monitoring to a new L2 network.
Jobs and careers at Chainalysis
0 jobs at Chainalysis
No open positions
Check back later for new openings