Crypto Threat Analyst

Department: Intelligence Collection

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Washington, D.C.

Description

About the Role

Join a global team of dedicated professionals at the forefront of combating crypto-enabled financial crime. This is a unique opportunity to apply your research and analytical skills as part of a collaborative international environment working at the intersection of cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, and financial intelligence.

As a key contributor to our global intelligence team, you will investigate and monitor real-world uses of cryptoassets, from illicit activity such as darknet market operations, ransomware, and trafficking networks, to legitimate innovations like decentralized finance and tokenization. Individuals with subject matter expertise in transnational organized crime, particularly drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) and their use of crypto, will find their knowledge immediately impactful across investigations and data enrichment efforts.

Your work will directly enhance Elliptic’s industry-leading intelligence dataset, which powers our suite of blockchain analytics tools and empowers financial institutions and law enforcement partners to assess blockchain activity, strengthen compliance, and prevent financial crime.

Your insights will inform strategic client conversations, shape impactful research and publications, and support our reputation as a trusted authority in the crypto and financial intelligence space — including with key public sector and law enforcement partners.

You will collaborate with colleagues across regions, sharing your findings with customers, regulators, and internal teams. Your expertise will play a vital role in advancing financial integrity on a truly global scale.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct in-depth research to uncover and analyze emerging typologies in crypto-enabled crime, including ransomware operations, darknet market activity, fraud schemes, and the use of mixers and privacy-enhancing technologies.
Apply SME knowledge, where applicable, to surface insights into how transnational criminal organizations — including those engaged in narcotics trafficking — are exploiting cryptoassets to launder proceeds, obfuscate financial flows, and operate illicit marketplaces.
Build a comprehensive picture of global crypto crime trends and ensure Elliptic’s intelligence continues to reflect the full range of criminal actors using crypto — with attention to regional and behavioral variations.
Collaborate with our global intelligence team to identify and integrate new entities, wallet clusters, and illicit behaviors into Elliptic’s dataset, ensuring it remains the most robust and actionable in the space.
Contribute expert analysis to blogs, whitepapers, and thought leadership reports that shape the public and private sector's understanding of blockchain transparency, compliance, and anti-money laundering.
Represent Elliptic’s intelligence capabilities at industry conferences, training, and client forums, demonstrating the value of actionable insights to compliance teams, regulators, and law enforcement.
Cultivate collaborative relationships with public sector agencies, regulators, financial institutions, and investigative teams — including in jurisdictions where crypto is increasingly used to facilitate cross-border criminal operations.
Leverage Elliptic’s blockchain analytics platform and investigative tooling to conduct forensic analysis of cryptoasset transactions and uncover links between illicit activity and real-world entities.
Support law enforcement and governmental partners, where appropriate, in their efforts to identify and disrupt criminal networks operating in the digital asset ecosystem.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

You will be a great fit here if you:

Have a demonstrable interest/experience in cryptocurrencies and blockchains
Are a self-starter and a self-directed team player, with analytical and research skills
Are comfortable presenting to groups of people and creating content
You have experience in working with global teams with different levels of expertise and seniority

Our ideal candidate has:

1+ years experience in the crypto industry or a related field (intelligence analysis, open-source research, threat intelligence, law enforcement support)
Highly-developed research and analytical skills, with the ability to draw clear insight from complex datasets
A keen interest in financial crime, underground economies, or threat actor behavior — especially as it intersects with cryptoassets

Bonus Points for:

Academic or Intelligence Analysis background
Experience analyzing drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), darknet vendor networks, cartels or other transnational criminal groups operating in financial ecosystems
Intelligence, policing, academic, or AML background involving organized crime or financial investigations

Job Benefits

You’ll be paid a competitive salary, along with Share Options
As well as a work pension scheme, enhanced parental leave, and 25 days holiday, you’ll also get a day off to celebrate your birthday!
We take your physical and mental health seriously - that’s why we provide private healthcare and access to Spill Mental Health Support, as well as a $500 work-from-home budget to make that home office extra comfy
Your personal development is important to us, so you’ll have a $1000 annual budget to use.

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