What is TRM Labs?
TRM Labs provides blockchain intelligence and AI-powered investigation tools for law enforcement, financial institutions, regulators, and national security teams. Its Ardence platform conducts all-source investigations by fusing corporate, cyber, identity, dark web, financial, and sanctions data. Access requires requesting a demo; no self-serve sign-up or public pricing is stated.
What are the features of TRM Labs?
- All-source investigationResolves a wallet, username, or phone number across multiple intelligence sources in one session, documenting methodology at each step for court-ready findings.
- Automated pivot chainsRuns analyst pivot sequences across every source automatically from a single indicator and returns an attributed cluster with full provenance.
- Crypto compliance monitoringProvides visibility into entity, address, and asset risk from onboarding through ongoing monitoring, with alerts configurable to organizational risk tolerance.
- BLOCKINT APIProgrammatic access to TRM Labs blockchain intelligence data.
- Investigative chat interfaceAccepts natural-language queries about entities, lists findings, highlights corresponding nodes in an adjacent graph, and supports follow-up questions that expand the graph.
What are the use cases of TRM Labs?
- Narcotics trafficking investigationsHomeland Security Investigations traced cryptocurrency flows as part of narcotics cases, supporting a $15M forfeiture from a fentanyl vendor.
- International fraud networksThe Royal Thai Police uncovered a pig butchering network stealing millions in cryptocurrency, leading to a 28-year prison sentence.
- Violent crime disruptionCoinbase used blockchain intelligence to help law enforcement trace $3.5M in stolen funds and dismantle a violent crime ring targeting crypto holders.

