Crypto Wallet Forensics
Crypto wallet forensics
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Paste any wallet address. Get a risk score, entity attribution, sanctions screening, fund flow trace, and an AI-written narrative — across 18 chains. No demo. No sales call. Free for up to 10 wallets a month.
What crypto wallet forensics tells you
Every blockchain address has a public history. Wallet forensics reads that history and converts it into the questions a compliance officer, investigator, or victim actually needs answered: Who controls this wallet? Has it been flagged? Has it received funds from sanctioned entities or known threat actors? Where did the funds go next? Is it safe to send to, or has it already harmed others?
Enterprise tools like Chainalysis Reactor and Elliptic Lens answer these questions for law-enforcement-grade investigations. WalletDNA answers them at the level most compliance teams, individual investigators, and theft victims actually need — fast, documented, and shareable.
What a WalletDNA forensic report includes
Risk score
0–100 with explainable factors. Sanctions matches push to 100. Clean addresses score under 25.
Entity attribution
Is the address a known exchange, DeFi protocol, mixer, or unhosted wallet? Sources cited.
Sanctions screening
OFAC SDN, EU, UK, and UN lists checked on every analysis. Direct and indirect exposure flagged.
Fund flow graph
Counterparty diagram showing where funds came from and went to, up to two hops.
AI-written narrative
Plain-English summary explaining the score, the signals, and what they mean — ready for filing.
Downloadable PDF
Branded, shareable report. Submit to exchanges, law enforcement, or save for audit.
Use cases
Compliance due diligence
Before onboarding a customer or transacting with a counterparty, run their wallets through WalletDNA. Document the result for your audit trail.
Theft and fraud investigation
If funds were stolen, paste the destination address. The fund flow analysis traces where the funds went and produces a PDF you can submit to exchanges and law enforcement.
Counterparty screening
For every deposit and withdrawal, screen the other side. Catch sanctions exposure and known threat actors before funds move.
How WalletDNA compares to other forensics tools
Chainalysis Reactor and Elliptic Lens are the industry forensic standards — court-grade, deeply integrated with law enforcement, and priced for enterprise. TRM Labs and Merkle Science compete in adjacent enterprise tiers. WalletDNA produces the same core outputs — risk score, attribution, fund flow, sanctions screening — at a fraction of the price, in a self-serve package built for the much larger set of teams who don't need a forensic investigation suite.
Crypto wallet forensics FAQ
What is crypto wallet forensics?
Crypto wallet forensics is the process of analyzing a blockchain address to determine who controls it, what activity it has engaged in, what entities it is connected to, and whether it presents risk. It combines on-chain transaction analysis with off-chain attribution data (exchange clusters, known threat-actor lists, sanctions designations) to produce a defensible picture of an address.
When do I need wallet forensics?
Three common use cases: (1) compliance due diligence before transacting with a counterparty; (2) investigating a theft, scam, or fraud to trace where stolen funds went; (3) regulatory or audit response where you need to document the risk profile of historical activity. WalletDNA is built primarily for the first two.
What does a wallet forensics report contain?
A useful report includes: a numeric risk score with explainable factors, entity attribution (is this an exchange? a mixer? a known scammer?), sanctions screening results, a fund flow graph showing counterparties, and a written narrative that summarizes the findings in plain English. WalletDNA produces all of this in a downloadable PDF.
Can crypto forensics help recover stolen funds?
Sometimes. Forensics produces the trace — the documented path stolen funds took. Whether the funds can be recovered depends on whether they reached a centralized exchange with KYC data, whether law enforcement opens a case, and how quickly you act. A clean forensic report dramatically increases the chance that exchanges and law enforcement engage. See our guide to tracking stolen crypto for the full workflow.
What chains can WalletDNA forensics cover?
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP, Tron (TRX), BNB Chain, Polygon (MATIC), Litecoin (LTC), Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), Avalanche (AVAX), Cosmos (ATOM), Stellar (XLM), Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, TON, and SUI. Chains are auto-detected from the address format.
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