Chainalysis

aid: chainalysis
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name: Chainalysis
kind: company
description: >-
  Chainalysis is a blockchain analysis company providing data, software, and
  research to government agencies, exchanges, banks, and crypto businesses for
  compliance, investigation, and risk management. Core products include KYT
  (real-time transaction monitoring), Address Screening, the publicly hosted
  Sanctions API, Reactor (investigations and fund tracing), Crypto
  Investigations, Wallet Scan, Rapid (AI-assisted triage), VASP Risking, and
  Sentinel (stablecoin risk). Security-side products include Hexagate
  (web3 threat prevention) and Alterya (fraud prevention). Most APIs are
  REST-based and gated behind enterprise contracts, except the free public
  Sanctions Screening API.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Compliance
  - AML
  - KYT
  - Sanctions
  - Investigations
  - Blockchain Analytics
  - Risk
  - Crypto
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: chainalysis:sanctions-screening
    name: Chainalysis Sanctions Screening API
    description: >-
      Free public REST API that returns whether a given crypto address is
      identified as sanctioned by OFAC or other major sanctions authorities.
      No commercial licence required; widely embedded by wallets, dApps, and
      exchanges to block sanctioned addresses at the perimeter.
    humanURL: https://go.chainalysis.com/chainalysis-oracle-docs.html
    baseURL: https://public.chainalysis.com/api/v1
    tags:
      - REST
      - Sanctions
      - Public
      - OFAC
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://go.chainalysis.com/chainalysis-oracle-docs.html
  - aid: chainalysis:kyt-api
    name: Chainalysis KYT API
    description: >-
      Enterprise REST API for real-time anti-money-laundering monitoring of
      crypto transactions - register deposits, withdrawals, and transfers,
      and receive risk scoring, alerts, and exposure breakdowns by entity
      category. Used by exchanges, banks, and VASPs for AML compliance.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/kyt/
    baseURL: https://api.chainalysis.com
    tags:
      - REST
      - KYT
      - AML
      - Transaction Monitoring
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/kyt/
  - aid: chainalysis:address-screening
    name: Chainalysis Address Screening API
    description: >-
      Enterprise REST API for assessing a wallet's risk exposure - returns
      categorised exposure (e.g. darknet markets, sanctions, scams) and a
      risk score for a given address. Used to gate counterparties at
      onboarding and at transaction time.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/address-screening/
    baseURL: https://api.chainalysis.com
    tags:
      - REST
      - Address Screening
      - Risk
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/address-screening/
  - aid: chainalysis:entities-api
    name: Chainalysis Entities API
    description: >-
      Enterprise REST API exposing Chainalysis's labelled-entity dataset -
      look up the entity behind a given address (exchange, mixer, sanctioned
      actor, scam, etc.) and retrieve entity metadata for compliance and
      investigative workflows.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    baseURL: https://api.chainalysis.com
    tags:
      - REST
      - Entities
      - Attribution
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/
  - aid: chainalysis:reactor
    name: Chainalysis Reactor
    description: >-
      Investigation product for tracing funds across blockchains - graph
      explorer, address clustering, and case management used by law
      enforcement, government, and private investigators. Web UI plus
      complementary API access for export and automation.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/chainalysis-reactor/
    baseURL: https://reactor.chainalysis.com
    tags:
      - Investigations
      - Graph
      - Law Enforcement
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/chainalysis-reactor/
  - aid: chainalysis:crypto-investigations
    name: Chainalysis Crypto Investigations
    description: >-
      Managed investigation service where Chainalysis analysts conduct or
      assist with crypto-related investigations on behalf of customers,
      including expert testimony, asset recovery support, and intelligence
      reports.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/crypto-investigations/
    baseURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/crypto-investigations/
    tags:
      - Investigations
      - Managed Service
      - Asset Recovery
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/solution/crypto-investigations/
  - aid: chainalysis:rapid
    name: Chainalysis Rapid
    description: >-
      AI-powered triage product for instant assessment of crypto addresses
      and transactions - surfaces key risk and entity context to speed up
      investigations and compliance reviews.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    baseURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    tags:
      - AI
      - Triage
      - Investigations
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/
  - aid: chainalysis:wallet-scan
    name: Chainalysis Wallet Scan
    description: >-
      Tool for scanning recovered seed phrases against the blockchain to
      identify wallets holding seizable cryptocurrency, used in law-enforcement
      asset-seizure workflows.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    baseURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    tags:
      - Seizure
      - Law Enforcement
      - Wallets
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/
  - aid: chainalysis:vasp-risking
    name: Chainalysis VASP Risking
    description: >-
      Risk-profile product for Virtual Asset Service Providers - assesses
      exchanges and other VASPs against AML, sanctions, and counterparty risk
      criteria for use in correspondent and partnership decisions.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    baseURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    tags:
      - VASP
      - Risk
      - Counterparty
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/
  - aid: chainalysis:sentinel
    name: Chainalysis Sentinel
    description: >-
      Stablecoin-focused risk product that evaluates the risk profile of
      individual stablecoins, their issuers, and circulation patterns.
    humanURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    baseURL: https://www.chainalysis.com/
    tags:
      - Stablecoins
      - Risk
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.chainalysis.com/
  - aid: chainalysis:hexagate
    name: Hexagate (Chainalysis)
    description: >-
      Web3 security product (acquired by Chainalysis) that monitors smart
      contracts and on-chain activity in real time to detect and prevent
      exploits, governance attacks, and protocol risk events.
    humanURL: https://hexagate.com/
    baseURL: https://hexagate.com/
    tags:
      - Web3 Security
      - Threat Detection
      - Smart Contracts
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://hexagate.com/
  - aid: chainalysis:alterya
    name: Alterya (Chainalysis)
    description: >-
      AI-powered fraud prevention product (acquired by Chainalysis) that
      identifies scams and fraud-victim relationships to help exchanges and
      payment platforms intervene before funds are sent to bad actors.
    humanURL: https://www.alterya.com/
    baseURL: https://www.alterya.com/
    tags:
      - Fraud Prevention
      - AI
      - Scams
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://www.alterya.com/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.chainalysis.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.chainalysis.com/
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.chainalysis.com/
  - type: Sanctions
    url: https://go.chainalysis.com/chainalysis-oracle-docs.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chainalysis/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/chainalysis
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com