Chainalysis
Chainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC)
Chainalysis’s professional certification for investigators who work in Reactor, its blockchain analysis software. It covers tracing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain, attributing addresses to exchanges and other services, and turning on-chain findings into usable intelligence. Awarded after a 16-hour course and an exam.
Chainalysis
Chainalysis Investigation Specialist Certification (CISC)
The advanced Chainalysis certification, which builds on the CRC. It develops expert-level investigation skills in Reactor: more complex tracing workflows and recognising the obfuscation patterns used to hide the flow of funds. Awarded after a 16-hour course and an exam.
Crystal Blockchain
Crystal Certified Crypto Research & Investigation Specialist (CCRIS)
Crystal’s certification for investigators and compliance professionals. It covers transaction analysis and tracing funds across blockchains, recognising red flags and money laundering schemes, and working through real cases in Crystal’s analytics platform.
Blockchain Intelligence Group
Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI)
The foundation certification in Blockchain Intelligence Group’s investigator series. It covers how cryptocurrencies and blockchain transactions work, common criminal schemes, peer-to-peer exchanges and darknet markets, and the forensic collection of blockchain evidence.
Blockchain Intelligence Group
Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator Advanced (CCIA)
The advanced series that follows the CCI. It covers Bitcoin clustering and obfuscation techniques, decentralised finance and decentralised exchanges, hacks and smart contract exploits, and the regulatory frameworks behind compliance programmes.
Blockchain Intelligence Group
Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator Advanced Ethereum (CCIE)
A specialist certification on the Ethereum network: its protocol and token standards, smart contracts, and advanced techniques for analysing and tracing Ethereum transactions.
UC Berkeley · BerkeleyX
CS198.1x: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
A University of California, Berkeley course on how Bitcoin works: cryptographic hash functions, Bitcoin Script, wallets and mining, privacy, attacks on the network, and an introduction to Ethereum.
