Guide
Where Did My Crypto Go? How to Trace Stolen Funds on-Chain
Your wallet balance dropped — here is how to find where crypto went using public blockchain data, what to copy first, and when a $5–$20 fund-flow report helps.
Start with facts, not panic
Every transfer on Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, HyperEVM, and other public chains leaves a permanent record: sender, recipient, asset, amount, and timestamp. You do not need wallet connect or a seed phrase to read that data — only the wallet address and transaction hashes.
What to copy in the first 10 minutes
- Your wallet address on the correct network (0x… on EVM, base58 on Solana).
- The first suspicious outbound transaction hash or signature.
- Approximate time of loss in UTC.
- Token names, NFT collections, or memecoins that left without your intent.
Free tools vs a structured trace
- Etherscan, Solscan, and HyperEVMScan show raw tables — good for verification, slow under stress.
- Tracefunds turns public data into a fund-flow graph, labeled destinations when known, and a verification checklist ($5 single tx · $20 full case file).
- We document limits honestly — mixers, bridges, and privacy tools can break a single-chain path.
What tracing cannot do
On-chain tracing shows where assets moved publicly. It does not guarantee recovery, freeze funds at an exchange, or identify a person behind an address. Avoid anyone who promises otherwise in your DMs.
Next step
Ready to index your own wallet or transaction on-chain?