Blockchain data analytics company Chainalysis announced on Tuesday at its annual Links conference in New York the introduction of its blockchain intelligence agents, designed to scale investigations and compliance for security professionals and organizations.

 

According to the company’s CEO and co-founder, Jonathan Levine, the AI agents are not a “new product” or a “bolted-on chatbot feature,” but rather an evolution of the company’s existing platform and experience, built on insights from billions of transactions screened and more than ten million investigations conducted over the past decade.

 

"Chainalysis blockchain intelligence agents put the full depth of our platform, our data, products, and institutional expertise, into the hands of anyone in your organization,” Levine wrote in a company blog post. “From seasoned investigators and compliance analysts to executives, Chainalysis agents provide insights and amplify what your team can do.”

 

 

To ensure transparency and reliability in its use, the Chainalysis team built its blockchain intelligence agents around four key principles: data quality, context and reasoning, auditable results, deterministic workflows, and human control. These principles are designed to help the agents deliver accurate and consistent insights.

 

The blockchain intelligence agents will begin rolling out over the summer, and the team expects that, over time, they will be used by professionals across a range of roles to unlock new levels of blockchain insight.

 

Chainalysis Joins the AI Agents Race

Prior to Chainalysis's integration of AI agents into its blockchain intelligence platform, several blockchain companies had already developed and launched their own AI-powered tools.

 

On March 25, blockchain intelligence firm and Chainalysis competitor TRM Labs announced the launch of its Co-Case Agent, an embedded AI investigative assistant that enables investigators to use plain-language prompts for complex on-chain tasks such as tracing funds, auditing transaction graphs, and maintaining immutable audit logs for Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).

 

Blockchain analytics and crypto intelligence platform Nansen also launched its Nansen AI agent earlier this year. The conversational assistant supports on-chain research and agentic trading, helping users analyze wallets, identify market signals, and suggest trades.

 

These AI agent releases followed the introduction of Elliptic’s Copilot. In April 2025, the blockchain analytics and crypto compliance firm launched its AI-powered assistant to streamline compliance workflows and risk management.

 

Elliptic’s Copilot is widely regarded as one of the earlier AI assistant tools introduced by a blockchain intelligence company.

 

 

An X user with the username "Sillytuna" has reportedly lost $24 million in Aave Ethereum USDC (aEthUSDC) in an attack that involved a combination of violence, sexual assault, weapons, and threats to life.

 

 

"Bruised, held off while I could, but can't do that much with axes over your hands and feet," Sillytuna wrote. The user further stated that he was, at this point, done with crypto. In his words, "And now... definitely out of crypto ****ers."

 

While the matter has already been reported to law enforcement, no official statement has been issued by the authorities. However, the X user has announced a 10% bounty for whoever helps recover the stolen funds.

 

 

 

How the Crypto Community Reacted

Shortly after the news went viral, the crypto community reacted with mixed feelings, with many commiserating with the user over their loss. Some also raised awareness about the deplorable state of security in the United Kingdom. Apparently, the victim is a UK resident.

 

 

Amid the sympathy from the global crypto community, some, however, doubted the authenticity of the victim's story.

 

According to YokaiCapital, an X user, the victim had not posted anything about crypto before. He also alleges that the victim's account appears to have been bought recently.

 

"He will probably shill the coin at some point or say that he will take donations from the coin," YokaiCapital went on to write. 

 

However, the victim has denied allegations that he intentionally wanted to trend and claims the stolen funds were long-term holdings.

 

 

How the Attackers Moved the Stolen Funds

Tracking the stolen funds, blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence said that the attackers moved the funds across Layer 2 networks, Bitcoin, and Monero, obviously to evade trail.

 

 

 

Roughly $20 million of the stolen funds were stored in two Ethereum addresses as DAI, a stablecoin on the Ethereum network, while $2.48 million was bridged to USDC on Arbitrum.

 

Arkham reported that the attackers sent $2.47 million to Hyperliquid through 19 separate Wagyu accounts, which were used to convert the funds to Monero (XMR).

 

The attackers also bridged $1.1 million to the Bitcoin blockchain using LiFi, noting that 0.5 BTC was deposited into a mixing service, Arkham added.

 

 

 

 

There was a surge in crypto withdrawals minutes after the U.S. and Israel launched targeted military airstrikes in Tehran, Iran’s capital, last Saturday.

 

In a recent post, London-based blockchain analytics company Elliptic gave a report on the aftermath of the airstrikes in Iran. Elliptic reported a significant increase in crypto withdrawals from Nobitex, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

 

According to the firm, outgoing transaction volume from Nobitex spiked by over 700% within minutes after the first airstrike hit Tehran on Saturday, with crypto outflows reaching nearly $3 million in a single hour that same day.

 

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Further tracing these funds, Elliptic reported that most of the withdrawals were sent to foreign crypto exchanges, potentially indicating intense capital flight amid uncertainty in the region.

 

"Nobitex allows rials to be converted to cryptoassets, which can then be withdrawn to any external wallet…initial tracing of recent outflows from Nobitex suggests that the funds are being sent to overseas cryptoasset exchanges," Elliptic stated.

 

Although this outflow persisted for most of that day, it fell sharply afterward, an event attributed to the nation's widespread internet outage. Yes, there was a 99% decline in internet connectivity in the country.

 

However, contrary to the "capital flight" situation being reported by Elliptic, blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs seems to hold a different view and cautions against drawing a "capital flight" conclusion.

 

"It appears that the country's crypto ecosystem is not showing signs of acceleration or capital flight, but instead is experiencing a downturn in both transactions and volume as the regime enforces strict internet blackouts," TRM Labs said.

 

 

The State of Crypto in Iran

Despite ongoing unrest, the Iranian cryptocurrency economy appears to be among the largest crypto markets in the world. In 2025, over $10 billion in volume was processed, with Nobitex processing over $5 billion.

 

Iranian crypto exchanges have had to deal with massive crypto outflows, the largest of which occurred on January 9 of this year, after the nationwide demonstrations in the country.

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To adapt to changing events, cryptocurrency exchanges in the country have had to make operational adjustments and move to risk-containment modes.

 

Wallex, a domestic crypto exchange, suspended crypto withdrawals until further notice, citing infrastructure instability. Nobitex, Aban Tether, and Ramzinex, which are all Iranian-based cryptocurrency exchanges, have also had to suspend deposits and withdrawals.

 

However, despite these challenges, cryptocurrencies and digital assets have come to the rescue of many who have had to cope with the several economic sanctions plaguing the country.