The typologies report: Cryptoasset risk and typologies for financial institutions

Cryptoasset risk is now an explicit supervisory expectation for financial institutions. But managing it doesn't require a parallel compliance program - the instinct to build one tends to produce over-engineering or disengagement. In reality, most cryptoasset risk maps directly onto the categories your framework already covers, and what needs adapting is narrower than most teams assume.
This practical guide maps cryptoasset risk onto the risk-assessment categories you already use, aligned with the FFIEC BSA/AML Manual, Wolfsberg Group, FATF and UK JMLSG and includes:

• A framework covering three familiar risk dimensions - customer/counterparty, geographic and product risk - plus on-chain behavioral risk, unique to cryptoassets
• Red-flag indicators and behavioral patterns to support early detection
• Enhanced due diligence (EDD) triggers and control checklists your team can adopt as a starting point
• Recent enforcement case studies that show how these risks unfold in practice
• Guidance on using blockchain analytics to detect, investigate and disrupt illicit activity

Built on more than a decade of Elliptic's blockchain analytics experience with financial institutions, this is essential reading for compliance teams staying ahead of cryptoasset risk.

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