TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence and regulatory technology firm that provides a risk management platform for digital assets. ^[1] The company develops artificial intelligence-powered solutions to help public and private sector organizations detect, investigate, and mitigate cryptocurrency-based fraud and financial crime. ^{[1] [2]} TRM Labs serves a clientele that includes government agencies, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency businesses, offering tools for transaction monitoring, wallet screening, and cross-chain fund tracing. ^{[1] [3]}​

Overview

TRM Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional hubs in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, London, and Singapore. ^[2] The company's stated mission is to build a safer financial system by providing the technology needed to combat illicit activities on the blockchain. ^{[1] [3]}

Its platform is built on proprietary data science and a database of illicit activity, which it uses to power a suite of products tailored for compliance, investigation, and national security use cases.

The firm's core technology focuses on cross-chain analytics, allowing users to track the flow of funds across more than 100 different blockchains within a single interface. ^[1] This capability is applied to a range of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and assets within Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols. TRM Labs has attracted investment from major venture capital firms and corporate backers, including Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Bessemer Venture Partners, Visa, and PayPal. ^[1] In February 2026, the company's valuation reached $1 billion following a Series C funding round, granting it unicorn status. ^[2]​

History

TRM Labs began its public operations around September 2018, the month its official account on X (formerly Twitter) was established. ^[3] An early strategic expansion occurred on September 23, 2021, when the company announced a full integration with the Solana blockchain to provide security and compliance tools for its ecosystem. ^[3]​

On December 7, 2021, TRM Labs announced the closing of its Series B funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global and raised 324 million in Wrapped Ether (WETH) was stolen. TRM reported that its systems tracked the illicit funds as they were consolidated into a single address on the Ethereum blockchain. ^[3]​

Throughout 2025, the company announced several new initiatives and partnerships. On January 2, 2025, TRM Labs reported that the T3 Financial Crime Unit, a collaborative effort with TRON DAO and Tether, had successfully frozen over $100 million in criminal assets globally. ^[3] On August 20, 2025, it launched the Beacon Network, a real-time crypto crime response system. ^[3] This was followed by announcements of its support for the Sui Network in partnership with Mysten Labs on September 2, 2025, and its selection as an inaugural infrastructure partner for the payment platform Tempo on September 23, 2025. In November 2025, TRM Labs joined the Chainlink Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) partner ecosystem to provide risk intelligence for the platform. ^[3]​

In January 2026, TRM Labs published findings from its 2026 Crypto Crime Report, noting that illicit cryptocurrency flows had reached a record 70 million in a Series C funding round led by Blockchain Capital. This funding round brought the company's valuation to $1 billion. ^{[2] [1]}​

Technology

TRM Labs' platform is centered on artificial intelligence and blockchain analytics to provide risk intelligence and investigative tools. ^[2] Its technology is designed to process and analyze vast amounts of on-chain data to identify patterns associated with illicit activity.

Core Features

• Asset and Blockchain Coverage: The platform supports the analysis of over 200 million digital assets across more than 100 blockchains. This includes specialized coverage for NFTs and various DeFi protocols. ^[1]
• Cross-Chain Analytics: A key technological function of the TRM platform is its ability to trace transactions and visualize the flow of funds seamlessly across different blockchain networks, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, within a single, unified graph. ^[1]
• Risk Intelligence Engine: The system employs a framework of over 150 risk categories and indicators to score addresses, entities, and transactions. These indicators are aligned with international standards, including the predicate offenses for money laundering defined by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). This allows clients to customize risk-scoring models to fit their specific compliance requirements. ^[1]
• Proprietary Database: TRM Labs maintains a large internal database that catalogues links between cryptocurrency addresses and real-world entities, as well as connections to illicit activities. The company states this database is built using a combination of proprietary threat intelligence gathering and advanced data science methods. ^[1]

Products and Services

TRM Labs organizes its offerings into purpose-built suites designed for specific user groups, including governments, financial institutions, and crypto-native businesses. ^[1]​

Product Suites

• Compliance360: An end-to-end platform for financial institutions and crypto businesses to manage their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance programs.
• Investigation360: A suite of tools for law enforcement agencies and investigators to trace illicit funds, visualize transaction flows, and build cases.
• Seizure360: A solution specifically designed to support law enforcement in asset seizure and recovery operations involving cryptocurrency.
• NatSec360: A platform focused on identifying and disrupting national security threats that involve the use of digital assets, such as state-sponsored hacking and sanctions evasion.
• Supervision360: A set of tools for regulatory bodies to oversee the activities of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) within their jurisdiction.

Core Products

The TRM platform includes several distinct products for investigative and compliance functions.

For Investigations

• Forensics: A cross-chain fund tracing tool for visualizing the movement of cryptocurrency assets.
• Triage: An alert management system that helps investigative teams prioritize high-risk activity for further review.
• BLOCKINT API: An application programming interface that provides programmatic access to TRM's blockchain intelligence data for integration into other systems.
• Deconflict: A collaborative tool for investigators that creates a unified network to help prevent different agencies or teams from unknowingly working on the same case, thereby avoiding operational conflicts.

For Compliance

• Transaction Monitoring: A tool for real-time monitoring of crypto transactions to detect and flag suspicious activity based on customizable risk rules.
• Wallet Screening: Scans cryptocurrency addresses against TRM's database of risk indicators, including sanctions lists and links to illicit activities.
• Entity Due Diligence: Provides comprehensive risk profiles on crypto businesses and services to aid in counterparty risk management.
• Know-Your-Asset (KYA): A tool for assessing the risk associated with specific digital assets or tokens, helping institutions decide which assets to support.

Professional Services

In addition to its software products, TRM Labs offers professional services to support its clients. These include incident response services to help organizations that have experienced a security breach, hack, or scam, as well as dedicated customer support and training. ^[1]​

Collaborative Initiatives and Platforms

TRM Labs has launched and participates in several industry-wide initiatives aimed at combating crypto crime.

Beacon Network

Launched on August 20, 2025, the Beacon Network is described as a real-time crypto crime response network. It enables exchanges, asset issuers, and law enforcement agencies to instantly share information and trace stolen funds following a hack or exploit. The goal is to allow participants to act before criminals can launder or cash out the proceeds of the crime. ^[3]​

T3 Financial Crime Unit

The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU) is a joint initiative between TRM Labs, TRON DAO, and Tether. It was created to actively combat financial crime on the TRON network and other blockchains. In January 2025, the unit announced it had played a role in freezing over $100 million in assets linked to criminal activity. ^[3]​

Chainabuse

Chainabuse is a free public platform operated by TRM Labs that allows individuals to report cryptocurrency-related scams, hacks, and other fraudulent activities. The platform aggregates these reports to help warn the community and provide data on emerging threats. ^[1]​

LEOLabs

LEOLabs is a community program specifically for law enforcement officers (LEOs). It provides resources and a collaborative space for officers investigating cryptocurrency-related crimes. ^[1]​

Funding

TRM Labs has completed several major funding rounds, attracting investment from both venture capital and strategic corporate partners. General backers of the company include Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Bessemer Venture Partners, Visa, PayPal, Salesforce Ventures, Block, Inc., Citi Ventures, and American Express Ventures. ^[1]​

Series B Round

In December 2021, TRM Labs announced a $70 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global. ^[3]​

Series C Round

On February 4, 2026, TRM Labs announced it had raised 1 billion. Other participating investors in the round included Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Venture Partners, Brevan Howard Digital, Thoma Bravo, Citi Ventures, and Galaxy Ventures. The stated purpose of the funding was to scale the company's AI research and product development, and to expand its global team of engineers, data scientists, and financial crime experts. ^[2]​^[1]​

Customers and Partnerships

TRM Labs' customer base spans the public sector, traditional finance, and the crypto industry.

• Government and Public Sector: The company provides its platform to numerous government agencies around the world. Notable users include the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). International clients include the Royal Thai Police Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau and the Public Ministry of Buenos Aires' Cybercrime Investigations unit.
• Financial Institutions: In the traditional finance sector, TRM's clients include Goldman Sachs.
• Crypto Businesses: The company serves a wide range of crypto-native businesses, including major exchanges and platforms like Binance, Circle, Uniswap, MoonPay, FalconX, and Ava Labs.

Beyond its direct customers, TRM has established strategic partnerships and integrations with key players in the blockchain ecosystem. These include full integrations with networks like Solana and the Sui Network, and participation in compliance frameworks such as the Chainlink Automated Compliance Engine (ACE). ^{[3] [1]}​

Organization

TRM Labs is led by its co-founder and CEO, Esteban Castaño. ^{[1] [2]} Another public-facing figure is Ari Redbord, who hosts the company's #TRMTalks media series. ^[3]​

In a statement regarding the company's mission and the use of its Series C funding, CEO Esteban Castaño commented:

“At TRM, we’re building AI for problems that have real consequences for public safety, financial integrity, and national security. This funding allows our world-class team — and the people who will join us next — to innovate alongside institutions on the front lines of the most consequential threats, and expand the potential of AI to meaningfully improve how our critical systems are protected.” ^[2]

Educational Programs and Research

TRM Labs operates an educational division called TRM Academy, which offers training and certification programs for professionals working with cryptocurrency. The certifications available include:

• Crypto Fundamentals
• Certified Investigator
• Crypto Compliance Specialist
• Crypto Seizure Specialist
• Crypto Tax Specialist

The company also regularly publishes research reports and white papers on trends in the crypto economy and financial crime. A key finding from its 2026 Crypto Crime Report, highlighted in a January 2026 blog post, stated that illicit crypto flows reached a record $158 billion in 2025. ^[1]​

Public Security Warnings

TRM Labs' official website includes a prominent warning to the public regarding impersonation scams. The company advises that malicious actors have been impersonating TRM Labs employees, often in an attempt to defraud individuals by claiming to offer fund recovery services in exchange for a fee. This indicates an ongoing issue that the company is actively working to mitigate through public awareness. ^[1]​