{"slug": "show-hn-use-same-crypto-crime-fighting-toolset-as-top-law-enforcement-agencies", "title": "Show HN: Use same crypto crime-fighting toolset as top law enforcement agencies", "summary": "Caudena, a blockchain intelligence firm founded by law enforcement investigators and compliance professionals, has launched CaudexCatena MCP, a tool that integrates its crypto crime-fighting data into AI clients for background checks and investigations. The tool allows users to query addresses, transactions, and cross-chain movements, with subscription packages starting at a weekly included-call limit, and is designed for small teams and independent sleuths without enterprise procurement.", "body_md": "### Follow Cross-Chain Movement\n\nAsk whether an address or transaction is tied to bridge or swap activity. Preserve chain, amount, service, and counterparty context where available.\n\nGet immediate data on addresses, transactions, clusters, exposure, and cross-chain movement. CaudexCatena MCP brings Caudena's blockchain intelligence into the AI tools where you already investigate, summarize, and decide what to check next.\n\nCan you profile BTC address bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh? Summarize activity, incoming and outgoing exposure, notable counterparties, and the next records worth reviewing.\n\nBuilt for background checks, second opinions, and investigations without the need for a full enterprise rollout, Live CaudexCatena MCP calls require an active subscription.\n\nCaudena is built by world class law enforcement investigators and compliance professionals. CaudexCatena MCP brings that intelligence layer into agentic workflows for investigators, analysts, small teams, and independent crypto sleuths who need high-grade checks without enterprise procurement.\n\nAsk whether an address or transaction is tied to bridge or swap activity. Preserve chain, amount, service, and counterparty context where available.\n\nUse CaudexCatena MCP as a second read when another tool or workflow gives you a result that needs more context, a different angle, or a cleaner summary.\n\nStart from an address, transaction, or cluster. Ask for activity, exposure, counterparties, and entity context before deciding whether the lead deserves more work.\n\nFor small-business compliance teams, CaudexCatena MCP can support focused exposure checks and unusual movement reviews without committing to a full enterprise deployment.\n\nCaudexCatena MCP is built for practical investigation questions. Ask in natural language, then review the source context returned to your AI client.\n\nAsk for activity, entity context, exposure, counterparties, and risk scoring where available.\n\nAsk where funds appear to move next, what context is available, and what still needs review.\n\nAsk about incoming and outgoing exposure, category breakdowns, and signals that may warrant closer analysis.\n\nSearch for swap or bridge activity tied to an address or transaction. Preserve service, chain, amount, and counterparty context where available.\n\nCaudexCatena MCP supports investigation and review. It does not determine criminality, ownership, intent, or compliance status.\n\nChoose a package, connect from your account page, then ask investigation questions inside your AI client.\n\nEnter an address, transaction, cluster, exposure signal, or cross-chain movement question inside your AI client.\n\nAfter purchase and authorization, CaudexCatena MCP returns structured context for the question.\n\nYour AI client organizes the returned context, drafts a concise summary, and suggests follow-up checks.\n\nReview hashes, addresses, clusters, scores, timestamps, graph records, and source context before action.\n\nNo SDK, no local install, no API keys to copy. Use CaudexCatena MCP in supported MCP-capable AI clients.\n\nSetup instructions, authorization status, package balance, usage, and support live inside your account page. Invoices and receipts stay in Stripe Portal.\n\nStart with the investigation cadence that matches your work. Each CaudexCatena MCP subscription includes an approximate weekly included-call limit. Usage can vary by AI client, tracing depth, chain activity, and follow-up questions.\n\nYearly billing is paid upfront. Approximate weekly included-call limits still apply.\n\nFor short traces, address checks, and focused follow-up questions.\n\nDesigned for focused checks and short investigation sequences. A single prompt may use several calls, so this is not a guarantee of a fixed number of prompts or completed investigations.\n\nFor active investigation work, deeper tracing, and multi-step case review.\n\nDesigned for small investigation threads or one deeper investigation, depending on tracing depth and client behavior.\n\nFor heavier investigation use, repeated follow-up work, and broader case review.\n\nDesigned for investigators and analysts who expect regular CaudexCatena MCP use across multiple cases or deeper case threads.\n\nCaudexCatena MCP supports selected UTXO and EVM networks in the current environment. Check the account page or current documentation for the latest supported-chain list.\n\nPlus hundreds of chains in cross-chain swap context, including Monero, Zcash, Solana, and more.\n\nChoose a CaudexCatena MCP package, connect from your account page, and bring Caudena blockchain intelligence into your AI-assisted investigation workflow.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-use-same-crypto-crime-fighting-toolset-as-top-law-enforcement-agencies", "canonical_source": "https://mcp.caudexcatena.com", "published_at": "2026-08-03 21:54:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-03 22:22:20.806062+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Caudena", "CaudexCatena MCP"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-use-same-crypto-crime-fighting-toolset-as-top-law-enforcement-agencies", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-use-same-crypto-crime-fighting-toolset-as-top-law-enforcement-agencies.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-use-same-crypto-crime-fighting-toolset-as-top-law-enforcement-agencies.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-use-same-crypto-crime-fighting-toolset-as-top-law-enforcement-agencies.jsonld"}}