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