Elliptic launches Pulse, an AI tool that lets any cop screen crypto wallets in seconds

Most crypto investigations have a bottleneck problem. A patrol officer encounters a wallet address in a fraud case, has no idea what to do with it, and the case sits until it reaches someone with specialist training. Elliptic thinks it has a fix.

The blockchain analytics firm has launched Pulse, an AI-assisted tool that lets any law enforcement officer paste in a wallet address or transaction hash and receive a plain-language risk summary within seconds. No chain-by-chain tracing. No specialist required at the starting line.

What Pulse actually does

Pulse sits at the front of an investigation, not the back. An officer inputs an address, and the tool cross-references it against Elliptic’s dataset, which covers more than 65 blockchains, more than 250 bridges, and over 1 billion attributed addresses, including those flagged as sanctioned entities or linked to terrorism financing.

The output is a plain-language summary with risk indicators and a recommendation on whether to escalate. Assessments feed directly into Elliptic’s existing Lens platform, where specialists can pick up the thread.

Pulse is part of a broader suite of AI agents Elliptic has been building out. The company also launched a tool called Decode, which aims to shift investigative workflows from manual, blockchain-by-blockchain tracing toward what Elliptic describes as an interrogation-first approach. Decode is focused on reducing alert triage times by up to 50%, according to the company.

The gap Elliptic is trying to close

Elliptic has been working to address that gap through both tools and training. The company conducted joint training programs with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for law enforcement agencies across the Asia-Pacific region, focused on on-chain tracing and identifying scam operations.

Elliptic worked with the Royal Thai Police in mid-2026 and identified $520 million in suspicious flows across 32 blockchain networks and more than 400 wallets. The company also participated in Operation Atlantic in 2026, providing training and operational data support.

Why the compliance landscape is shifting

Elliptic’s dataset is central to Pulse’s value. Coverage across 65 blockchains and 250 bridges, with more than a billion attributed addresses, is the kind of intelligence infrastructure that takes years to build.

The company frames Pulse as part of a commitment to human oversight and accountability, not a replacement for investigator judgment. The tool flags and recommends; the officer decides.