Job Overview
Location
Washington, D.C.
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Data & Analytics
Date Posted
August 8, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Cryptocurrency Intelligence Analyst, you’ll play a key role in expanding and enriching one of Elliptic’s most important intelligence products—helping our customers gain visibility into the global crypto ecosystem and make smarter, safer decisions.
- • You’ll be part of a passionate and collaborative Intelligence team trusted by law enforcement, financial institutions, and crypto platforms worldwide.
- • Your work will directly power risk detection, entity screening, and verification workflows at scale.
- • By identifying and profiling virtual asset service providers (VASPs), custodians, and exchanges, you’ll help increase transparency, and accountability, across crypto.
- • Research and document cryptoasset service providers (VASPs, custodians, OTC desks, exchanges) to expand and improve the Elliptic products
- • Analyse 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 such as ownership structures, compliance controls, licensing status, and jurisdictional risk to profile entities accurately and inform product coverage
- • Collaborate with the Intelligence Team and the other Cryptocurrency Intelligence Analysts to link real-world entities to their blockchain representation
- • Ramp up on Elliptic's data, tools, and the VASP/exchange/custodian landscape, moving from shadowing to independent work
- • Own a steady caseload of entity research, profiling VASPs, custodians, OTC desks, and exchanges to Elliptic's quality bar
- • Apply AML concepts (ownership, licensing, jurisdictional risk) accurately and with minimal oversight
- • Take on more ambiguous/complex cases and taking a specialty
- • Proactively spotting coverage/process improvements for Elliptic’s dataset
- • Take ownership of design and maintenance of automated pipelines pertaining to these VASP coverage processes
🎯 Requirements
- • You’re detail-oriented, thorough, and willing to put in the time to get things right
- • You care about how technology and finance impact society—and want to help make the crypto space safer and more transparent
- • You’re motivated by doing meaningful work that contributes to public good, even when it involves data heavy or sometimes repetitive tasks
- • You understand the importance of accuracy in risk-related environments and take pride in producing high-quality work
- • You actively use AI in your day to day, and have made scheduled tasks that help you in your recurring processes
🏖️ Benefits
- • Hybrid working: The option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year
- • Remote Work Budget: $650 budget to set up your home office space
- • Learning & Development: $1,000 annual Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development
- • Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + 8 US Public Holidays
- • Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday
- • Enhanced Parental Leave: We provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave
- • Healthcare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage through a range of providers (including Tufts, Kaiser, Aetna, UHC, and Blue Shield of CA) with generous premium contributions for you and your dependents
- • 401k: Company match included
- • Mental Health: Full access to Spill mental health support
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About Elliptic Enterprises Limited
Elliptic is a global leader in crypto-asset risk management. The company provides a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to help businesses, regulators, and law enforcement agencies understand and manage the risks associated with cryptocurrencies. Their technology analyzes blockchain data to detect illicit activity, identify high-risk transactions, and ensure compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations. Elliptic's solutions are used by financial institutions, exchanges, and governments worldwide to protect against financial crime, enhance security, and foster the safe adoption of digital assets.
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