# Cryptocurrency Intelligence Analyst

**Company:** [Elliptic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/elliptic)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** Data Analytics
**Salary:** $85k – $105k/yr
**Skills:** cryptocurrency, Blockchain, anti-money laundering, open-source intelligence, beneficial ownership, sanctions, enhanced due diligence, financial regulatory research, fatf, mica, automated pipelines
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Research and profile cryptoasset service providers, exchanges, custodians, and other entities using blockchain, public, and regulatory data. The role applies AML and jurisdictional risk concepts to support intelligence products used for compliance, risk management, and law-enforcement decisions.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Research and document cryptoasset service providers (VASPs, custodians, OTC desks, and exchanges) to expand and improve intelligence products.
- Analyze blockchain and off-chain data to identify key risk indicators and assess how crypto businesses operate within or outside global regulatory frameworks.
- Apply AML concepts, including ownership structures, compliance controls, licensing status, and jurisdictional risk, to profile entities accurately and inform product coverage.
- Collaborate with the Intelligence Team and other Cryptocurrency Intelligence Analysts to link real-world entities to their blockchain representations.
- Take ownership of a steady caseload of entity research and profile VASPs, custodians, OTC desks, and exchanges to established quality standards.
- Handle increasingly ambiguous and complex cases and develop a specialty.
- Identify coverage and process improvements for datasets.
- Design and maintain automated pipelines supporting VASP coverage processes.

## Requirements
- Demonstrated interest in cryptoassets, financial crime, compliance, or international finance through education, research, or relevant work experience.
- Basic understanding of anti-money laundering (AML) concepts, such as beneficial ownership, sanctions, and enhanced due diligence.
- Comfort navigating structured and unstructured data, including news sources, registries, company websites, and public datasets, to assess business activity and risk profiles.
- Proactive communication skills and aptitude for working in a global team.
- Eligibility to work in the US.
- Detail-oriented, thorough, and committed to accuracy in risk-related environments.
- Comfortable performing data-heavy and sometimes repetitive research tasks.
- Active use of AI tools and ability to create scheduled tasks for recurring processes.

## Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with VASPs, major crypto exchanges, or custodians and their interaction with traditional finance systems.
- Experience with open-source intelligence (OSINT), public company registries, or financial regulatory research.
- Knowledge of global AML frameworks, such as FATF guidelines and MiCA, or crypto regulation in specific jurisdictions.
- Academic or practical experience in international relations, investigative journalism, compliance, economics, or law.
- Interest in how intelligence products shape decisions for law enforcement, banks, and regulators.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Hybrid working, with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.
- $650 remote work budget for home office setup.
- $1,000 annual Learning & Development budget.
- 25 days of annual leave plus 8 US public holidays.
- Birthday leave.
- 16 weeks of fully paid enhanced parental leave for eligible employees.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premium contributions.
- 401(k) company match.
- Mental health support through Spill.

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