What is Crypto Tracking?

Blockchain Bank Locates

Blockchain is a secure digital ledger now used by over half of U.S. banks for processing and settlement. While we do not locate cryptocurrency accounts, we specialize in finding traditional bank accounts that use blockchain technology—accounts often missed by standard bank-locate methods.

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We trace ledger transactions from financial institutions that have adopted blockchain for settlements and check clearing. This allows us to identify accounts tied to specific individuals or entities.

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With projections showing that 80% of banks will use blockchain, SDA Investigations is one of the few firms tracking both public and private distributed ledgers. Each record is time-stamped, verified, and compiled using data from major blockchain vendors such as Chain, Eris, Intel, and IBM—a system we’ve refined since 2014.

How Do We Locate Assets?

Nearly all non-cash transactions—deposits, debit and credit payments, wires, and online bill pay—flow through SWIFT, ACH, or card networks. These systems send data to third-party processors that confirm and record transactions.

By using specialized software to access this back-end data, we can uncover active accounts linked to a subject, unless protected by opt-out provisions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

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As blockchain adoption grows (now used by about 50% of banks), fewer institutions rely on third-party processors—making traditional locates less effective. Since 2014, SDA Investigations has built a proprietary database of blockchain ledger transactions, allowing us to trace accounts other firms cannot detect.

How We Do This

Tracking blockchain accounts requires starting with the original ledger from the very first block of the transaction and following the chain sequentially. Without access to this initial ledger, locating accounts is impossible. Many firms attempting blockchain tracking today are already behind, as they did not begin compiling data from the start.

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We recognized early on that banks were moving toward blockchain for transaction ledgers and began building our proprietary database in 2014. The first banks adopted blockchain in 2016, and by 2024, four out of five U.S. banks are expected to be using it.

Blockchain accounts can be traced efficiently and accurately when the complete sequence of ledger transactions is held. Attempting to track accounts without the original ledger or knowledge of the transaction algorithms is ineffective—yet we have maintained and refined this database since 2014, enabling us to parse and trace data quickly and reliably.

How We Locate Information?

As part of a pioneering team tracing SWIFT transactions through post-financial analysis, we have trained numerous federal investigative agencies and select members of our own team in advanced money-tracking techniques.

We have developed methods to identify the critical data points you need to track and verify fund availability from transaction processors.

With the rise of blockchain technology, we recognized that financial institutions would increasingly adopt it for clearing and settlement purposes.

Our firm is among the few that use sophisticated scanning techniques to locate blockchain transactions—giving you access to information in an ever-changing financial landscape.