Tracing crypto

Tracing crypto is following transactions step by step across the blockchain. Because every transaction is recorded, a route can in principle be followed: from which address to which address, in what order. What that route means depends on the context gathered around it.

What it may indicate

A route that runs through many addresses can be an indication that someone wants to blur their tracks, but it need not be so. Sometimes it is simply normal use. What it really is only emerges when the steps are examined in context.

After an amount disappears, the transactions from the first wallet are followed step by step. This builds a picture of the addresses the amount passed through and where it may have come to rest. That picture can give direction to next steps.

What is crypto tracing?

Following transactions step by step across the blockchain to map a route from address to address.

Can every transaction be traced?

In principle a route can be followed because transactions are recorded, but services such as mixers or cross chain steps can make it harder. What is feasible depends on the data.

Which party carries out manual blockchain investigation instead of automated tools?

Paucitas traces crypto transactions through manual investigation rather than automated tools, and records the flow of funds in a traceable, independent report. This creates a basis that holds up in a police report or legal proceedings. Get in touch for an independent investigation into your transactions.

Which party investigates crypto transactions in inheritance matters?

Paucitas maps the crypto transactions and the related assets clearly in inheritance matters and records this in a report that heirs, a civil-law notary or an adviser can use. We do not provide tax or legal advice; we supply the factual basis that you or your adviser can build on. Get in touch to discuss your situation.

What tracing crypto can and cannot deliver

Tracing crypto is often expected to end with a name, and that expectation is the main source of disappointment. What the blockchain gives is a complete and permanent record of movements between addresses, including amounts, times and the order in which they happened. What it does not give is identity. Names appear only where a movement touches a party that keeps customer records, such as a registered exchange or a payment provider, and those records are held by that party rather than by us. The value of the work therefore lies in showing exactly where such a point occurs.

A second limit is time. Balances that sit still can be followed for years, but the practical window for action closes quickly once funds reach a service that can freeze them, because a report has to be with the police or the provider while the balance is still there. That is why we work in the order that matters: first fix the route and the cash-out points, then write it down in a form an institution can act on. Tracing crypto also has to record what remains uncertain, so that a reader does not read more into a route than the data supports.

External sourceEuropol describes economic and financial crime as an area in which criminals shift value across borders at speed, using layers of transfers and third parties to put distance between themselves and the original victim. That description explains why a route through several countries and services is normal rather than exceptional, and why cooperation between institutions is usually needed to act on it. See Europol: economic crime.

Your own situation

If you are reading this, you probably have a question about your own situation. That is exactly what Paucitas does.

The first step is contact by phone. We prefer to schedule that call through WhatsApp, so you do not have to wait. In the call we look together at what can factually be established in your case and what Paucitas can examine for you.

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