Chainalysis

Chainalysis, Inc.
IndustryBlockchain analysis
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FoundersMichael Gronager
Jan Møller
Jonathan Levin
Headquarters
114 Fifth Avenue. New York City, New York
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michael Gronager, CEO
Number of employees
900[1][2] (2023)
Websitewww.chainalysis.com Edit this at Wikidata

Chainalysis is an American blockchain analysis firm headquartered in New York City.[3] The company was co-founded by Michael Gronager, Jan Møller and Jonathan Levin in 2014,[4][5] and is the first start-up company dedicated to the business of Bitcoin tracing.[6] It offers compliance and investigation software to analyze the blockchain public ledger, which is primarily used to track virtual currencies.[7] Along with banks and brokers[8] its customers have included the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, as well as the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency.[9]

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