--- description: Find out why Chainalysis was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Chainalysis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53bc39ef3091b84e/698a3dc14ee262950c31b785/time100-companies-Chainalysis-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # Chainalysis Crypto keepers by [Don Steinberg](/author/don-steinberg-3/) ## Don Steinberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Michael Gronager, the chief executive and co-founder of Chainalysis, which helps governments track cryptocurrency payments, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 9, 2022. Michael Gronager, the chief executive and co-founder of Chainalysis, which helps governments track cryptocurrency payments, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 9, 2022.Mathias Eis—The New York Times/Redux In April, the militant group Hamas said it would stop raising money via Bitcoin, citing intensified prosecution of donors. It was a win for Chainalysis, whose data analytics helped authorities seize dozens of accounts. Founded in 2014 to bring visibility to anonymous blockchain ledgers, Chainalysis has become the go-to sleuthing firm for tracking crypto crimes like those allegedly committed by [Sam Bankman-Fried](https://time.com/6243346/sam-bankman-fried-bail-ftx/ "undefined"), the disgraced CEO of cryptocurrency exchange [FTX](https://time.com/6262810/sam-bankman-fried-effective-altruism-alameda-ftx/ "undefined"), whose bankruptcy lawyers hired Chainalysis to investigate after the firm’s bankruptcy. “At some point, bad actors will realize that blockchain is a really bad way of laundering money,” says chief product officer Pratima Arora. --- ### More from TIME --- _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285206/chainalysis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285206/chainalysis/"},"headline":"Chainalysis","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:16:05.889Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285206/chainalysis/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53bc39ef3091b84e/698a3dc14ee262950c31b785/time100-companies-Chainalysis-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Don Steinberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/don-steinberg-3/"}],"creator":"Don Steinberg","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53bc39ef3091b84e/698a3dc14ee262950c31b785/time100-companies-Chainalysis-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285206/chainalysis/","name":"Chainalysis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME100 Most Influential Companies: OpenAI","description":"Find out why OpenAI was selected for the list","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EU3F7DHt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-06-21T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EU3F7DHt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285206/chainalysis/","duration":"PT4M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285206/chainalysis/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```