Udemy – Cryptocurrency Forensics: On-Chain Investigations

Learn how to trace Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero transactions using real-world blockchain forensics and crypto investigation techniques. This course is designed for cybersecurity professionals, law enforcement, compliance officers, and blockchain analysts who want to follow the money across cryptocurrency networks. You’ll start with the fundamentals and progress to advanced forensic techniques used in real investigations.

What You’ll Learn:

• How wallets, private keys, seed phrases, and addresses work across Bitcoin and Ethereum
• Blockchain analysis using the UTXO model, account-based systems, and smart contracts
• Detecting laundering tactics: CoinJoins, mixers, cross-chain swaps, and DeFi obfuscation
• Identifying change addresses, wallet clusters, and suspicious transaction patterns
• Using OSINT and regex to search systems for wallet files, addresses, and seed data
• Tracing privacy coins like Monero and Zcash, and understanding their forensic limitations
• Investigating real cases: BitMart hack, Ronin Bridge exploit, Crypto-com 2FA breach, ChipMixer Laundering
• Tools of the trade: public explorers and commercial platforms used by law enforcement
• Using graphical tracing tools, such as Metasleuth and Breadcrumbs
• Leveraging cross-chain tracing tools and extensions for your investigations.
• Seizing crypto assets and tracking transactions across networks and DeFi protocols
• Analyse USDT, Swapping methods, THORchain, Aggregators, Wormhole, Chainflip
• Lightning Channel Forensics, Layer-2 Protocols, Atomic Swaps and more
• AML Essentials for Cryptocurrency Investigators
• Applying Artificial Intelligence to Tracing Tasks
• Hands-on assignment: 5 practice real investigation scenarios

By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills to analyze crypto crime, trace transactions with confidence, and apply forensic investigation techniques across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and beyond, including privacy coins and decentralized finance.