Elliptic Blockchain Forensics & Investigation Services

Comprehensive Blockchain Investigation Platform and Expert Services

Elliptic provides industry-leading blockchain forensics capabilities combining advanced investigation software with expert analytical services. The offering serves law enforcement agencies, compliance teams, regulators, and financial institutions investigating cryptocurrency crime, fraud, sanctions evasion, and illicit financial flows.

Investigation Platform (Investigator)

Single-click cross-chain investigation platform for forensic analysis of cryptocurrency transactions. The Investigator tool provides powerful capabilities for tracing illicit funds across multiple blockchains with:

• Cross-Chain Transaction Tracing: Follow fund flows across different blockchain networks
• Visualized Fund Flow Analysis: Intuitive graphical representations of complex transaction paths
• Entity Attribution & Clustering: Identify wallet ownership and group related addresses
• Transaction Graph Exploration: Interactive investigation of transaction relationships
• Evidence Gathering: Document investigation findings for legal proceedings
• Threat Intelligence Integration: Leverage Elliptic's database of known illicit entities

The platform enables rapid investigation of complex crypto crime including fraud, scams, ransomware, and darknet marketplace activity, consolidating multi-blockchain data into intuitive visualizations that surface investigative leads and criminal activity patterns.

Expert Investigation Services

Compliance Investigations

Single-click cross-chain investigation services for compliance escalations and internal inquiries. Provides forensic analysis capabilities including cross-chain transaction tracing, compliance case investigations, fund flow analysis, evidence gathering and documentation, suspicious activity report (SAR) support, internal investigation assistance, and expert analysis throughout the investigation process.

Criminal Investigations

Cross-chain forensic investigation services surfacing leads and analyzing criminal cryptocurrency activity. Services include expert forensic investigation, criminal activity profiling, lead generation, expert witness support, case consultation, and investigative training supporting law enforcement agencies, regulators, and private sector investigators in complex cryptocurrency crime investigations from initial lead identification through evidence gathering and case development.

Bulk Wallet Triage

Bulk wallet analysis services to prioritize cryptocurrency addresses for investigation. Triage enables efficient analysis of large volumes of wallets through bulk wallet risk assessment, investigation prioritization, risk-based wallet ranking, automated screening of wallet lists, and resource allocation optimization helping law enforcement and compliance teams manage investigation workloads by rapidly assessing hundreds or thousands of wallets.

Threat Intelligence

Custom illicit activity datasets and blockchain intelligence for targeting specific threat intelligence gaps. Provides specialized data feeds on emerging crypto crime trends, threat actor profiling and attribution, crime typology analysis, emerging threat identification, sanctions evasion monitoring, darknet marketplace intelligence, and research reports enabling organizations to stay ahead of evolving crypto threats.

Investigation Use Cases

• Hack & Exploit Investigation: Trace stolen funds from exchange hacks, DeFi exploits, and bridge attacks
• Scam & Fraud Analysis: Investigate rug pulls, Ponzi schemes, and cryptocurrency fraud
• Ransomware Tracking: Follow ransom payments to identify threat actors and recovery opportunities
• Asset Recovery Support: Provide evidence and analysis for civil asset recovery proceedings
• Expert Witness Testimony: Court testimony and litigation support from blockchain forensics experts
• Law Enforcement Cooperation: Evidence packages formatted for criminal investigations
• Mixer & Tumbler De-anonymization: Advanced analysis to trace funds through privacy services

Investigative Capabilities

Elliptic's blockchain forensics combines proprietary software with deep investigative expertise, supporting both self-service investigation through the Investigator platform and full-service expert investigation assistance. All services are delivered remotely with support in English and Japanese, providing flexible engagement models from software licensing to comprehensive investigative partnerships.