How to Trace Stolen or Suspicious Crypto

Every transaction is public and permanent. If funds were stolen or moved suspiciously, you can often follow the trail across wallets — sometimes all the way to an exchange.

How money-flow tracing works

Starting from a wallet, you follow where its funds went next — the “hops.” By following the largest flows, you map where value ended up.

Where the trail ends

• A centralized exchange (CEX). The strongest lead — exchanges have KYC.
• A DEX. Funds swapped to obscure the path.
• A mixer. A deliberate attempt to break the trail.

What to look for

• Large, fast outflows after the event.
• Fresh relay wallets.
• Convergence into one endpoint.
• Known exchange/mixer labels.

Trace it visually

ChainInspector Suite's Flow Highway follows funds across hops on Ethereum and Solana, draws the path, labels likely exchanges/DEXs/mixers and highlights the most probable endpoint.

This is a research aid, not a substitute for law enforcement. If you've been robbed, report it to the authorities.