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Automated first pass, not a source of truth. The reader can miss or misread addresses, especially on scanned pages, and a match is a lead, not a determination. Verify every address, amount and date against the source document before relying on it. The screen is a tool; verification is counsel's job.

Built for the People Who Read the Production

A bank production in a divorce, estate or collection matter runs to hundreds of pages of line items. Somewhere in them are the transfers that turned dollars into cryptocurrency, and the names on those lines are rarely the brands anyone knows: PAYWARD is Kraken, FORIS DAX is Crypto.com, ZAP SOLUTIONS is Strike, GEMINI TRUST CO TXFER is Gemini. Miss one and you miss the custodian that holds the account history and the wallet addresses.

The Crypto Activity Screen does that read for the paralegal, legal assistant or researcher who would otherwise do it by hand, and gives the attorney a short list: which services, how much went in and came out, whom to name, and what to ask for. It replaces the line-by-line pass, not the lawyer's judgment.

Minutes
to screen a production of statements, text or scanned
You choose
which files are read; nothing else in the matter is opened
30 days
then the findings are deleted; the report in Clio is the record

How It Works

  1. Connect Clio. One click in Settings, with your own Clio login. The screen sees only the matters and documents your Clio account can see.
  2. Tick the statements. Pick the matter. The screen lists the matter's PDFs by name, folder, date and size without opening any of them. Files whose names look like statements start ticked; motions, pleadings and letters start unticked. Change the selection as you like. Only the ticked files are read.
  3. Run the screen. Each ticked statement is read in memory, scanned pages included, and every line is checked against our directory of exchanges, brokers, payment apps, on-ramps and ATM operators. Nothing is written to Clio.
  4. Review, verify, attach. Findings are grouped by service and marked Confirmed, Likely or Needs confirmation. Each shows the statement lines, the totals sent and received, the entity to name on a request or subpoena, its legal-process page, and request language for the deposit and withdrawal addresses. Download the report or attach it to the matter.
Flow diagram of the records loop: bank statements, screen for the crossing into crypto, request the addresses by name, the exchange's production, intake and verification, the on-chain report, and the next request.
The screen is the first step of the records loop: statements, screen, request, production, intake, reports, next request. The Records Guide covers the steps after the screen.
The next step is the one it always was: get the addresses.
1 Ask the party, by name, for the deposit and withdrawal addresses → 2 If they will not produce them, the exchange will → 3 One address runs the on-chain report
Read the Exchange Records Guide
Each finding in the report carries request language you can paste into a request for production or interrogatory, adapted to the service and the statement period.

What It Finds

Every line is checked against the directory behind the VASP Directory: the statement descriptors, legal names and payment processors of the services that turn dollars into cryptocurrency and back.

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Exchanges

Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, Binance.US, Crypto.com, Bitstamp and the rest, under the names they actually use on a statement.

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Payment apps and brokers that also sell crypto

Cash App, PayPal, Venmo and Robinhood. A transfer to one of these is marked Needs confirmation unless the line itself says crypto, because the app sells other things too.

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Card on-ramps

MoonPay and similar processors built into wallet apps. Their records hold the wallet address the crypto was delivered to.

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Bitcoin ATM operators

Bitcoin Depot, Athena and other operators, where a card or account funded the purchase.

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Recurring purchase plans

The same amount to Strike, Swan or River every week or month: twelve small debits that add up to a year of buying.

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The rest of the ecosystem

Hardware wallet vendors, tax software, lenders, custody and retirement-account providers, mining and crypto funds. Each one is a records holder.

The name on the statement is rarely the brand

These are some of the descriptors the screen resolves to a service, and to the entity to name on a request:

COINBASE.COM WEB PAYWARD GEMINI TRUST CO TXFER FORIS DAX INC ZAP SOLUTIONS BINANCE.US CASH APP*CRYPTO ROBINHOOD FUNDS MOONPAY SWAN BITCOIN

Descriptors vary by bank, card network and year, and companies rename their entities. A match is a lead to confirm, not a conclusion.

The Report

A five-page sample, run on test statements from a fictional bank. Page one is the summary and the next step. Each service then gets its own section with the statement lines, the entity to name, its legal-process page and the request language. The last pages list the documents read and how to treat the results.

Crypto Activity Screen report, page 1: summary, totals and next step
Crypto Activity Screen report, page 2: findings for Strike and Coinbase with request language
Crypto Activity Screen report, page 3: statement lines and a Needs-confirmation finding
Crypto Activity Screen report, page 4: an unmatched counterparty and the documents reviewed
Crypto Activity Screen report, page 5: about this screen
Page 1 of 5

Sample data only. The statements were generated for testing; every account holder, bank and transaction is fictional. Download the sample report (PDF).

You Decide What Is Read

Statements arrive in Clio during discovery alongside everything else in the matter. The screen is built so that you, not the software, decide which of those files an AI model reads.

How the screen handles your documents

  • Only the files you tick are opened. The document list is built from names, dates and sizes; no file is read to produce it.
  • BlockScout does not store the statements. Each ticked PDF is read in memory to extract its line items and is not kept.
  • The findings are deleted 30 days after the screen runs. Attach the report to the matter and Clio holds the record, not us.
  • Nothing changes in Clio until you choose to attach the report.
  • Your Clio permissions apply. The screen connects with your own Clio login and sees what you can see.
  • Either side can use it. The screen reads what was produced; it takes no position on the matter.

A large language model reads the statement text to pull out the line items; the provider does not train on the content, and BlockScout keeps none of it. Pick the documents the way you would for any outside service: the statements the matter needs, consistent with your confidentiality obligations and any protective order. The screen never asks for more than that.

What It Does Not Do

  • It is not a source of truth. It can miss a line, misread an amount or match the wrong service. Every finding is a lead to verify against the source statement, and the report says so on its first page.
  • It does not read the blockchain or any account. It reads statements. The on-chain report is a separate step that starts from an address.
  • It cannot see what never touched a bank. Cryptocurrency received as payment, mined, gifted, bought peer-to-peer for cash, or bought with other cryptocurrency leaves no statement line. Statements set a floor for the inquiry, not a ceiling.
  • A payment-app transfer does not say what was bought. Cash App, PayPal, Venmo and Robinhood lines are marked Needs confirmation unless the line itself says crypto.
  • Scanned statements carry more risk. Photographed and faxed pages are read, but misreads are more likely; check the amounts.
  • Limits. Up to 15 documents per screen, 100 pages and 20 MB per PDF, and 10 screens per 30 days per firm. Clio only for now.

Launching first for Clio firms

Connect Clio, pick the matter, tick the statements. Early access opens first for Clio firms; general release follows.

Request early access
Built for Clio firms Reads only the files you tick Files are never stored
New to this? Read the Records Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the screen read everything in my Clio account?
No. It lists the PDFs in the matter you pick, from their names and dates, and reads only the files you tick. Nothing else in the matter or the account is opened, and nothing is written to Clio until you attach the report.
What kinds of documents can it read?
PDF bank, credit card, brokerage and payment-app statements, whether they are text PDFs or scanned images. Up to 15 documents per screen, each up to 100 pages and 20 MB. Motions, pleadings and letters are not statements and are left unticked by default.
Is a match proof that someone owns cryptocurrency?
No. It shows that money moved between the account and a service that sells cryptocurrency. What was bought, whether it is still held and where it went live in the service's records and on the blockchain. Treat every match as a lead and verify it against the source statement before relying on it.
What do I do with the results?
For each confirmed or likely service, ask the party by name for every blockchain address that deposited cryptocurrency into the account and every address it was withdrawn to, with dates, amounts and transaction hashes. The report includes request language for each service. If the party will not produce them, the exchange will under subpoena; the Exchange Records Guide covers that step. One withdrawal address is enough to run the on-chain report.
Where do the statements go?
Each ticked PDF is read in memory and is not stored by BlockScout. A large language model extracts the line items; the provider does not train on the content. The findings are kept for 30 days and then deleted. The report you attach to Clio is the lasting record.
Why are Cash App, PayPal, Venmo and Robinhood marked "Needs confirmation"?
Because they sell other things too. A transfer into one of them shows funding, not a purchase. Ask for the app's own statements; the crypto activity appears there, not on the bank statement.
Does it work without Clio?
Not yet. The screen reads documents from a Clio matter so that nothing has to be downloaded, emailed or uploaded. If your firm uses another document system, tell us which one at hello@blockscout.law.
What does it cost?
It is included with a BlockScout Law account, up to 10 screens per 30 days per firm.