Chainstory

What Chainstory does

Chainstory is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based firm operating in the crypto public relations and communications sector, incorporated as a for-profit private company in 2023 with 1–10 employees. Its core offering is a research and analytics platform that systematically analyzes crypto-related press releases distributed across major media platforms to assess project credibility and detect fraud. The company's underlying methodology processes text content of press releases using natural language processing and anomaly detection, having reviewed nearly 2,900 crypto press releases over a four-month window and classifying approximately 62% as high-risk or fraudulent, with the cloud-mining sub-sector flagged at roughly 90% high-risk issuers.

The firm's target users are crypto media industry stakeholders — media organizations, publishers, and platforms that distribute crypto press releases — who face difficulty identifying fraudulent projects and exposure to ethical and legal risk from publishing paid content resembling news. Its differentiated value proposition rests on independent third-party research providing transparency into the pay-to-play crypto PR ecosystem, with quantified risk metrics and sector-specific fraud analysis.

The revenue model is not publicly disclosed. There is no publicly available pricing, no named customers, no disclosed funding, no leadership team information, and no documented partnerships. The company distributes its findings primarily through research reports published via financial news outlets and industry media, suggesting a content-led, top-of-funnel approach rather than a traditional direct sales motion. At present, Chainstory appears positioned more as a research authority than as a commercialized analytics product, with significant gaps in evidence regarding monetization, scale, and ownership.

Name

Chainstory

Website

https://chainstory.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chainstory is a Tel Aviv-based research and analytics firm founded in 2023 that analyzes crypto press releases for fraud and risk, serving media organizations, publishers, and platforms that distribute crypto content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Chainstory conducts large-scale research and analytics on crypto-related press releases distributed across major media platforms, analyzing nearly 2,900 releases over a four-month period to classify projects by risk level and identify fraudulent activity patterns. The firm produces independent, quantified assessments of pay-to-play dynamics in the crypto PR ecosystem, highlighting sectors such as cloud-mining where approximately 90% of issuers are classified as high-risk.

Product overview

Chainstory is a research and analytics platform focused on the crypto and blockchain media ecosystem. The company conducts research analyzing press releases published across major media platforms to identify risk patterns and assess the quality of content distribution in the crypto sector. The source data does not provide specific named products or detailed service descriptions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Elliptic: Elliptic offers blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions covering transaction monitoring, wallet screening, and investigations. A direct adjacent vendor to Chainstory's fraud and risk mission, though focused on on-chain and entity-level data.
• TRM Labs: TRM Labs provides blockchain intelligence for fraud detection, AML, and crypto compliance, including wallet screening and transaction monitoring. Overlaps with Chainstory in the broader crypto risk analytics category, with much broader enterprise distribution.
• Chainalysis: Chainalysis is the largest blockchain analytics and crypto compliance vendor, serving exchanges, regulators, and financial institutions with transaction monitoring, KYC, and fraud detection. Comparable to Chainstory as a crypto risk-intelligence provider, though focused on on-chain data rather than press-release/issuer credibility.

Others

• CoinDesk: CoinDesk is a major crypto media outlet that distributes and curates crypto press releases and news. It is comparable as an entity in the crypto media distribution ecosystem that Chainstory analyzes, and as a potential customer or distribution partner for Chainstory's risk insights.
• Cointelegraph: Cointelegraph is a leading crypto news publisher that distributes crypto press releases and editorial content. Adjacent to Chainstory's target ecosystem (pay-to-play crypto PR), and a candidate consumer of its media-credibility research.

Direct peers

• Crystal Blockchain: Crystal Blockchain (by Bitfury) delivers blockchain analytics and AML compliance tools for VASPs and financial institutions. A direct peer in crypto compliance/risk analytics, comparable in product category though serving a different primary customer segment.
• Solidus Labs: Solidus Labs provides crypto-native trade surveillance, fraud detection, and market integrity monitoring for exchanges and token issuers. Closely comparable to Chainstory in mission (crypto fraud/risk detection), though focused on market and on-chain surveillance rather than PR/content analysis.
• Scorechain: Scorechain provides blockchain analytics, AML, and risk scoring for crypto businesses and regulators. Operates in the same crypto risk-intelligence space as Chainstory with comparable compliance-focused product positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chainstoryPR

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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