DataExpert strengthens crypto investigations through new international partnership
New partnership with Addressable Investigations provides investigators with advanced attribution intelligence when traditional blockchain analytics reaches its limits.
Veenendaal, Netherlands – DataExpert today announced a strategic partnership with Addressable Investigations, a provider of advanced cryptocurrency attribution intelligence. Through this collaboration, law enforcement agencies, investigative organizations, digital forensic teams, and intelligence professionals gain access to a powerful new capability for identifying cryptocurrency addresses and establishing ownership when conventional blockchain investigation methods no longer provide sufficient leads.
As cryptocurrency-related investigations continue to increase in both volume and complexity, investigators are encountering new challenges in tracing digital assets and attributing activity to real-world entities. While blockchain analytics has become an essential component of modern investigations, many existing solutions primarily rely on transaction tracing, clustering techniques, and heuristic analysis.
These approaches remain highly effective in many scenarios but can become limited when investigators encounter fresh wallets, mixers, cross-chain activity, or other obfuscation techniques designed to break traditional attribution methods. In these cases, investigators require additional intelligence sources that extend beyond the blockchain transaction layer itself.
Spectra was specifically developed to address these investigative gaps. The platform provides an off-chain attribution layer that complements existing blockchain forensic solutions and delivers unique intelligence when the on-chain trail goes cold.
Unlike traditional blockchain analytics platforms, Spectra uses proprietary attribution methodologies to help investigators identify cryptocurrency addresses and establish ownership with greater confidence. This provides access to a unique intelligence dataset that exists outside traditional blockchain transaction analysis and enables investigators to uncover connections that may otherwise remain hidden.
By combining on-chain investigation techniques with off-chain attribution intelligence, organizations can strengthen attribution efforts, generate new investigative leads, and expand the scope of cryptocurrency investigations beyond what conventional blockchain analytics alone can achieve.
Through this partnership, DataExpert will offer Spectra as a complete investigative capability consisting of:
• The Spectra SaaS platform
• API integration capabilities
• Specialized training programs jointly developed by DataExpert and Addressable Spectra
• Onboarding and implementation support
A key advantage of the platform is its ability to integrate seamlessly into existing investigative workflows. Rather than forcing organizations to adopt entirely new processes, Spectra enables investigators to continue working within the visual investigation environments and methodologies they already use today.
For organizations with mature investigative operations, the Spectra API allows attribution intelligence to be embedded directly into existing intelligence platforms, investigative systems, and operational workflows. This enables teams to enrich investigations with additional intelligence while maintaining established procedures and toolsets.
To ensure customers can maximize the value of the platform, DataExpert will provide onboarding, operational guidance, and specialized training designed to help investigators effectively incorporate attribution intelligence into their daily investigative activities.
"Cryptocurrency investigations are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and investigators need access to intelligence sources that go beyond traditional blockchain analytics," said Joost Gijzel, Director Cryptocurrency Tracing & Investigation at DataExpert. " One of the primary reasons we selected Spectra is its ability to complement existing blockchain investigation methodologies with a fundamentally different source of intelligence. While most solutions focus primarily on clustering techniques and transaction heuristics, Spectra uses proprietary attribution methodologies to identify cryptocurrency addresses and establish ownership. This provides investigators with access to a unique attribution dataset that extends beyond traditional blockchain analysis. By bringing this capability to our customers, we enable investigative teams to uncover connections, strengthen attribution efforts, and pursue leads that might otherwise remain undiscovered."
"This partnership extends Addressable Investigations into one of Europe's most active digital forensics and crypto-investigation communities. Our off-chain attribution layer provides leads and digital evidence that were not available to this community so far. Together with DataExpert's training and customer reach across The Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Nordic markets, this partnership puts a powerful additional intelligence layer in front of crypto-investigators." said Leeor Ben-Peretz, Chief Strategy Officer at Addressable Investigations.
The partnership is initially focused on supporting law enforcement agencies, investigative units, and intelligence teams, where demand for advanced cryptocurrency attribution capabilities continues to grow. Looking ahead, both organizations also see opportunities within the financial sector, where digital asset investigations and financial crime investigations are becoming increasingly important.
Beyond technology delivery, DataExpert and Addressable Investigations will collaborate on training initiatives, knowledge-sharing sessions, webinars, and industry events to help investigators stay ahead of evolving cryptocurrency-enabled threats. The partnership will officially launch with a joint session during Digital Experience Netherlands 2026, where both organizations will share their vision for the future of cryptocurrency attribution intelligence. Register here for the event.
By combining advanced blockchain investigation methodologies with unique off-chain attribution intelligence, DataExpert and Addressable Investigations are equipping investigators with new capabilities to tackle increasingly complex cryptocurrency investigations and uncover intelligence that traditional approaches alone may not reveal.