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Chainlabs

Chief Executive Officer - Blockchain

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United Kingdom

Full Time

11-03-2025

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CEO @ Chainlabs , the leader in on-chain Wallet Intelligence

About Us
Chainlabs is a data analytics startup that provides wallet labels to the web3 ecosystem. We identify which organization owns which wallet on the blockchain. As the largest labels database provider in the space, we've mapped over 15,000 on-chain organizations, including exchanges, public figures, darknet markets, stolen addresses, scams and more. Our clients include Analytics Software providers including Chainalysis, Crystal, Nansen, and Coinbase.

Chainlabs has a team of 14 full-time employees working in data labelling, including 3 engineers, 8 intelligence analysts, and 2 analyst team leaders. With 150% year-over-year revenue growth, we aim to expand our product offering. Possible future services include self-serve wallet labels, trade signaling, darknet scraping, OSINT data brokerage, crypto whale alerts, and data analytics for traders.

About the role
After 6 years of running Chainlabs and overseeing its successful exit to Lunar Rails, our Founder Basile is seeking a successor. As the new CEO, you will lead operations, drive hiring, and shape strategy for new product initiatives. This dynamic role involves managing multiple Data Intelligence projects simultaneously. The position requires meticulous attention to detail and offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the Crypto AML Regulation space. The company maintains strong financial stability and strategic independence, and you will be instrumental in shaping the company's long-term vision.

The role is :
rewarded with equity
fully remote
immediate start

Key Responsibilities
Take operational command of day -to-day operations, including agile project management and standup calls
Set challenging and realistic goals for our labelling operations and sales
Coordinate intelligence analysts and OSINT subject matter experts to achieve our labelling objectives
Ensure high standards within our data operations by supervising documentation efforts
Lead the pace and allocate resources for the data labelling R&D (technical efforts like those)
Secure partnerships and sales with other cybersecurity and analytics companies
Envision, plan and execute new data analytics products using our Wallet Database

Requirements
Operational leadership experience in a startup environment (technical project / product management, Human and Financial Resource management)
Experience in either 1) web3 on-chain analytics, or 2) AML / financial cybercrime
Structured and process-oriented thinker, capable of balancing execution speed and data integrity.
Entrepreneurial mindset—able to identify new product opportunities and execute on them.
A data-centric mindset. At Chainlabs, data isn't just a process—it's a mindset. Quality data collection is the foundation of good data analytics. You'll oversee this from start to finish.
Exceptional attention to detail to set high standards in data collection and documentation.

Nice to haves:
Strong understanding of blockchain analytics platforms like Chainalysis, TRM, Nansen, and Dune
Engineering Degree, and/or understanding of relational databases and hands-on data analytics
Software Project Management experience (managing back and front end engineers)

What We Offer
Competitive salary.
Remote work environment with a flexible schedule.
A team that values data and AI; Lunar Rails (the aquiring company) has a strong engineering culture
A company culture that values transparency, speed, courage, and curiosity.
Opportunities for fast personal and professional growth.
Exposure to a global network of industry experts and partners.

About the Company

Chainlabs provides data labels for web3 analytics. Our research answers two questions: 1. Which organization owns what wallets on the blockchain?, and 2. Which wallets are linked to illegal activities? We have mapped over 10,000 organizations on different web3 networks including Exchanges , Darknet Markets and more. Those labels cover over 60% of the Bitcoin and Ethereum daily transactions. We provide rich label datasets for 20 blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, and others. Our curren... Know more

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