Standard asset locates rely on intermediary transaction data, which is unavailable when banks use blockchain-based systems that bypass middlemen.
Blockchain transactions
Blockchain technology is no longer emerging—it is already embedded in the financial system. While you may not interact with it directly, many banks and brokerages have implemented blockchain-based infrastructure to process and settle transactions. Blockchain functions as a distributed digital ledger, recording transactions in a secure, time-stamped sequence. We do not locate cryptocurrency wallets such as Bitcoin or Ethereum accounts. Our focus is on locating traditional bank and brokerage accounts that utilize blockchain-based data storage and transaction frameworks, which are often invisible to conventional bank-locate methods.
So how does this benefit our clients? We do not track cryptocurrency—we analyze blockchain-supported transaction ledgers used by financial institutions to identify banking and brokerage relationships associated with specific individuals or entities. Many institutions already rely on blockchain technology for settlement and clearing functions. Asset location methods that fail to examine these transaction pathways routinely miss accounts held at institutions using distributed ledger systems. Since 2014, we have continuously compiled and analyzed both public and private distributed ledger data, working with leading banking blockchain platforms including Chain, Eris, Intel, and IBM. This capability allows us to identify accounts and relationships that other providers simply do not see. Contact us to understand what may be missing from your current asset-location process.
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How can we do this and no one else can?
Blockchain-based banking systems cannot be analyzed using traditional asset-location methods. Effective ledger analysis requires uninterrupted access to transaction data from the genesis block forward. Without that continuous history, ledger activity cannot be reconstructed or reliably interpreted.
Asset Analysts is the only firm that maintains uninterrupted distributed-ledger histories across the major enterprise banking blockchain platforms, including IBM, Chain, Eris, and Intel. We began compiling and preserving these ledgers in 2014, prior to widespread bank adoption, allowing us to maintain complete transaction continuity as institutions transitioned settlement and clearing functions to blockchain-based systems.
Because blockchain ledgers cannot be recreated retroactively, firms that did not begin data collection at inception cannot replicate this capability. Our uninterrupted ledger continuity enables us to identify banking relationships and transaction pathways that are otherwise invisible when institutions bypass traditional intermediaries. This is not a capability that can be added later—it can only be built by maintaining the full ledger from the beginning.
