Sanctions Compliance in Cryptocurrencies 2024
- Crypto analytics & AML
- Asset Type : White Paper
- Company Name : Elliptic
- https://www.elliptic.co/resources/sanctions-compliance-in-cryptocurrencies-2024
- Over the past year, sanctions enforcement in the crypto space has continued to accelerate. Sanctions have become a key tool in the battle against fentanyl trafficking, with Elliptic"s research revealing the role of crypto in the fentanyl supply chain in May 2023. We"ve also seen further crypto related sanctions targeting Russia, and sanctions continue to be directed at mixers such as Sinbad, identified by Elliptic as a rebranded and relaunched version of Blender.io. Compliance teams will need to be alert to potential sanctions evasion activity involving sanctioned jurisdictions such as Russia, Iran and North Korea, as well as entities and individuals on sanctions lists, and they should take these risks seriously.