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Crystal Expands Blockchain Coverage & Crypto AML Compliance Solutions

by the Crystal communications team

Apr 07, 2021

Regulations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD), mean that cryptocurrency services, and businesses exposed indirectly to cryptocurrencies, need to get compliant. By integrating Crystal analytics alongside existing AML/CFT procedures businesses can manage crypto risk and comply with new legislation.

Here’s how Crystal Blockchain’s tools help companies adhere to requirements:

  • Risk identification for known blockchain entities.
  • Transaction monitoring for entities and addresses.
  • Entity connections and geographical tracing.
  • Understanding interactions to mitigate risk.
  • Sender, recipient and fund source assessments.
  • Crime control for businesses exposed to crypto.

Increased Blockchain Analytics Coverage

Crystal is delighted to add Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Ethereum Classic (ETC) to our list of supported cryptocurrencies on the platform. BSV and ETC are two important additions for crypto analytics, as the coins rank in the top 25 and 75 cryptos per market cap, as of March 2021. Crystal now provides analytics for seven of the most important digital assets. Crystal has also increased its monitoring support for ERC20 tokens to 1500+ and DeFi protocols to 80+.

Improved AML/ CFT Compliance Tools

Crystal is the only all-in-one blockchain analytics solution on the market. World leaders in crypto analytics, the Crystal Blockchain team provides 150+ organizations across the globe with solutions to streamline their Know Your Transaction (KYT) cryptocurrency compliance and due diligence procedures for meeting international FATF and 6AMLD standards. Crystal powers blockchain analytics for the digital asset industry and for the banking and FI sectors.

Crystal continues to expand its offchain coverage for all platform currencies, adding coverage of 1,187 new entities and 4.9 million new wallets on the analytics platform as of March 2021.

Latest Crypto Investigations & Reports

Crystal has a lot of real-time blockchain data with which we formulate insights and predictions on industry trends. Read our Stolen crypto withdrawal & transfer patterns report.

For all inquiries please email:
Oleh Rozvadovskyy
oleh.rozvadovskyy@crystalblockchain.com
About Crystal Blockchain:

Crystal is the all-in-one blockchain analytics tool for crypto AML compliance. Available as a free demo version, SaaS, API, and for on-premise installation. Engineered by the Bitfury Group.

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