Full-Time
Senior Software Engineer
Blockchain Protocols
Posted on 7/29/2026
Chainalysis
501-1,000 employees
Cryptocurrency investigation and compliance platform
No salary listed
Remote in UK
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- Candidates must have 5+ years of experience building distributed systems or data-intensive applications.
- Candidates must demonstrate the ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools to increase velocity while maintaining reliable, maintainable code.
- Candidates must have a deep understanding and experience of at least one blockchain protocol.
- Architect and evolve scalable, reliable, and performant systems for ingesting and parsing complex blockchain data.
- Leverage AI-native engineering workflows, including large language models and automated agents, to increase team velocity and code quality.
- Provide blockchain protocol expertise, including Ethereum Virtual Machine and unspent transaction output models, to the team and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Manage the full software development lifecycle, including production monitoring, debugging, and maintaining the reliability of pipelines and services.
- Work closely with Product Managers to ensure datasets meet the evolving needs of the crypto ecosystem.
- Guide junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design documents, and technical mentorship.
- Knowledge and experience with non-Ethereum Virtual Machine chains such as Solana, TON, and Sui.
- Experience with indexing and extract, transform, load at scale using Spark or Databricks.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and experience managing services in Kubernetes.
- Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.
Chainalysis provides cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions for global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses. Its tools analyze blockchain data to detect and prevent illicit activity, and are delivered as subscription-based software and services that generate actionable intelligence and analytics. What set Chainalysis apart is its focus on building trust in blockchain by offering robust compliance and investigative capabilities used by diverse clients—from governments to financial institutions—to ensure the integrity and security of financial operations. The company aims to make blockchain activities transparent and compliant, helping clients monitor risks, investigate suspicious transactions, and prevent misuse of digital currencies.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$536.6M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- AI agents automate investigations, compressing days of work into minutes for compliance teams.
- Sanctions screening precision improves with pre/post designation split amid rising regulatory scrutiny.
- On-chain insider trading detection deployed for Polymarket addresses growing prediction market manipulation concerns.
What critics are saying
- North Korean hackers industrialize crypto theft, likely developing counter-investigation AI to evade detection within 6–12 months.
- Prediction markets face intense regulatory backlash, risking reputational damage if surveillance fails to prevent manipulation.
- Criminal AI may generate fake on-chain patterns to fool agents, causing false negatives and regulatory fines in 9–15 months.
What makes Chainalysis unique
- Embeds AI agents into compliance workflows using court-admissible blockchain data for non-analysts.
- Appoints former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State as Chief Policy Officer to lead global regulatory engagement.
- Co-develops virtual asset investigation training with Korean National Police Agency via formal MoU partnership.
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↑ 0%HTX Sanctions and the Limits of AML Screening. July 22, 2026 TRM Labs, a US blockchain analytics firm and one of the main competitors to the better-known Chainalysis and Elliptic, published an interesting article yesterday about the HTX exchange. As you probably remember, UK authorities added HTX to their sanctions list back in May. Since then, many firms that perform AML labeling of blockchain addresses have flagged addresses linked to the exchange as high-risk. As a result, withdrawing almost any crypto from HTX has become a real headache. Recipients that screen incoming transactions for money-laundering risks may simply refuse to accept funds that have passed through the exchange. In its article, TRM Labs argues that the applicable jurisdiction should be taken into account. UK-based organizations are legally required to freeze HTX-linked assets and report them, but companies outside the UK have no such automatic obligation. That sounds pretty sensible, doesn't it? If a crypto recipient has no ties to the UK and is not bound by its sanctions, AML providers should present risk information in a way that makes it clear that accepting these funds may not violate any rules in the recipient's own jurisdiction, although it could still cause problems when dealing with UK counterparties. It is honestly surprising that no one appears to have made this case publicly before. On this point, I am with TRM Labs. The article also notes that, since being sanctioned, HTX has started rotating its deposit and withdrawal addresses much more frequently, as shown in the screenshot. This makes it harder to identify each new address as belonging to the exchange in time. On one hand, this is convenient for legitimate HTX users. They may be able to withdraw their crypto before the recipient realizes that it came from an address linked to a sanctioned exchange. On the other hand, if you move crypto from HTX to another exchange, that exchange may eventually figure out where it came from. TRM Labs claims that it can identify HTX's new wallets. Once the receiving exchange makes that connection, it may freeze your account along with everything held in it. Keeping your crypto on exchanges is risky. When you exchange crypto through rabbit.io, Rabbit don't hold your funds. You send crypto from your own address and receive the exchanged assets directly to your own address as well.
Stablecore and Chainalysis power stablecoin and digital asset compliance for U.S. Banks and credit unions. 07.16.2026 Company Updates The integration brings Chainalysis's blockchain intelligence directly into Stablecore's infrastructure, enabling banks and credit unions to confidently bring digital asset products to their customers. Stablecore, a digital asset core that enables banks and credit unions to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other digital asset products, and Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, today announced a strategic partnership. Through the collaboration, customers can leverage their Chainalysis API key within their Stablecore instance to bring Chainalysis's blockchain intelligence directly into Stablecore, providing clearer transaction context and risk signals, and enabling banks to offer stablecoin and digital asset products with the highest standards. What its CEO had to say. "Stablecoins processed $28 trillion in real economic volume in 2025, growing at a 133% compound annual growth rate since 2023, according to Chainalysis's research, with the vast majority of fiat-backed stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar," said Alex Treece, CEO and co-founder of Stablecore. "That momentum is putting banks and credit unions under more pressure than ever to move quickly on digital assets while still meeting a rising bar for compliance. Bringing Chainalysis's intelligence directly into Stablecore's platform gives our customers the confidence to launch these products the right way, without slowing down." The combined advantage for banks and credit unions. Stablecore's integration with Chainalysis enables bank and credit union compliance teams to: * Maintain compliant digital asset products by performing the appropriate compliance checks based on an institution's risk and compliance policies * Leverage actionable risk signals into transaction flows and counterparties based on Chainalysis's blockchain intelligence * Increase operational efficiency with a robust compliance layer built directly into the Stablecore platform The best of both platforms in one seamless workflow. Notably, several super-regional banks already place their trust in both companies independently, relying on Chainalysis's blockchain intelligence and Stablecore's infrastructure platform for their digital asset programs. That shared confidence from top-tier regional institutions underscores the demand for exactly this kind of integrated, compliance-first approach to stablecoin adoption. "As banks and credit unions move from exploring digital assets to launching real products, they need compliance built into the infrastructure from day one," said Bryan Favero, VP Americas at Chainalysis. "By integrating Chainalysis blockchain intelligence into Stablecore's platform, we're helping institutions act on risk signals in context, streamline compliance workflows, and bring stablecoin and other digital asset offerings to market with greater confidence." "Digital assets have become a market opportunity for the more than 8,500 banks and credit unions in the United States following the GENIUS Act and updated digital asset policies from the OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board and SEC," said Nick Elledge, Co-Founder and COO of Stablecore. "To take advantage of this opportunity, banks and credit unions need to rapidly adopt digital asset infrastructure that meets regulatory requirements." The integration will be available to Stablecore customers using Chainalysis's Compliance Suite, with onboarding coordinated alongside Stablecore's digital banking platform integrations. About Stablecore. Stablecore is a digital asset core enabling banks and credit unions to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other digital asset products. Stablecore unifies the key digital asset infrastructure with the banking technology stack, integrating into bank and credit unions' existing digital banking, core banking and compliance platforms. Stablecore is backed by leaders in banking and digital assets, including Norwest, BankTech Ventures, Curql, EJF Ventures and Bankers Helping Bankers Fund. About chainalysis. Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform, making it easy to connect the movement of digital assets to real-world services. Powered by deep blockchain data and AI, organizations can investigate illicit activity, manage risk exposure, and develop innovative market solutions built on the industry's most trusted blockchain intelligence. Its mission is to build trust in blockchains, blending safety and security with an unwavering commitment to growth and innovation. For more information, visit chainalysis.com.
Chainalysis deploys AI agents to counter criminal use of artificial intelligence in crypto. Chainalysis launched its first blockchain intelligence agents this week, putting automated investigation and compliance tools into the hands of any employee - not just trained analysts. Chainalysis brings ai-powered investigation tools to compliance teams. The announcement came at the company's annual Links conference, where CEO Jonathan Levin framed the rollout as a direct response to criminal actors already using AI to scale fraud, theft, and money laundering. Chainalysis stated that it has screened billions of transactions and supported more than ten million investigations over more than a decade. Agents, according to the company, are built on top of that dataset rather than layered onto it. Until now, extracting meaningful intelligence from the Chainalysis platform required specialized training. The new agents are designed to give executives, compliance officers, and investigators access to the same underlying data and institutional knowledge without requiring deep technical expertise. The company drew a hard line between its approach and the broader wave of AI agent products hitting the market. Without a verified, domain-specific data layer behind them, Levin argued, AI agents are language models producing guesses. Chainalysis positions its dataset - used by governments, financial institutions, and crypto businesses and ruled admissible in court - as what makes agent output defensible. Four principles govern how the agents are built. Data quality comes first, with the company arguing that more powerful models make accurate underlying data more critical, not less. Context and reasoning follow, drawing on Chainalysis's accumulated expertise across investigation types and compliance obligations. Third, the company built in auditable, deterministic workflows, so identical inputs produce identical outputs for high-stakes decisions. Finally, humans retain control over what gets automated and at what level of independence. The company is not selling agents as a replacement for analysts. The design keeps human decision-makers in the loop for regulated and high-stakes tasks while letting agents handle enrichment, escalation, and report generation at speed. Early use cases already in development include multi-chain investigation workflows that compress days of work into minutes, automated alert enrichment that pulls context from across the platform before escalating or dismissing a compliance flag, and on-demand structured intelligence reports. Teams have also used agents to build custom web applications for investigative or compliance workflows and to run time-based transaction identification across large datasets. Open-source intelligence collection is another active use case, with agents gathering and organizing OSINT to supplement ongoing investigations. The company also described setups where teams of agents monitor on-chain activity, surface leads, and hand off to humans for action. Chainalysis said agents will begin rolling out over the summer, starting with investigations and compliance. The company expects broader organizational adoption over time, with new categories of blockchain insight opening up as teams put the tools to use. The timing reflects an arms-race dynamic Levin addressed directly. As criminal operations rely more heavily on AI to scale, the company argues that the investigators and compliance teams working against them need equivalent speed. Chainalysis did not release pricing details or name specific customers using agents in early development. The company framed the announcement as the beginning of a collaboration with its user base. Levin remarked that the future of the platform would be built alongside customers, not ahead of them. Faq. * What are Chainalysis blockchain intelligence agents? They are AI-powered tools that automate crypto investigation and compliance workflows using Chainalysis's verified blockchain dataset. * When will Chainalysis agents be available? The company plans to begin rolling out agents over the summer of 2026, starting with investigations and compliance use cases. * Who can use Chainalysis agents? The agents are designed for any employee in an organization - including executives and compliance staff - rather than only trained blockchain analysts. * Are Chainalysis agent outputs admissible in legal proceedings? The platform uses auditable, deterministic workflows and data already ruled reliable and admissible in court to support defensible decisions. Crypto Fear and Greed index. Fear Greed Yesterday Extreme Fear Last Week Extreme Fear How do you feel about the market today?
Ransomware payments fell to $820 million in 2025, down 8% from the previous year, whilst attacks surged to record highs, according to Chainalysis' 2026 Crypto Crime Report. The share of victims paying ransoms dropped to an all-time low of 28%. However, the median ransom demand jumped from $12,738 to $59,556, and claimed ransomware victims increased 50% year-on-year. More than 8,000 organisations were publicly named on leak sites in 2025, according to Emsisoft. The United States remained the primary target, followed by Canada and Germany. Manufacturing, financial and professional services sectors were heavily affected. Initial access brokers received at least $14 million in on-chain payments, with spikes typically preceding ransomware attacks by approximately 30 days.
OKX and Chainalysis to deploy AI for proactive fraud prevention. February 27, 2026 - By Bitcoin.com News - Original OKX and Chainalysis are launching AI-driven fraud prevention measures to enhance security in cryptocurrency transactions.