Digital Asset Review

Digital asset review and due diligence is a crucial process in the ever-changing digital asset space. Kroll provides a risk-based approach, assisting exchanges, custodians, fund administrators and hedge funds in identifying potential compliance issues and financial crime risks related to digital assets.
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Digital Asset Review

Kroll possesses a wealth of experience in conducting compliance reviews and due diligence related to financial crimes for numerous digital assets and issuers. This involves assessing risks related to sanctions evasions, anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crimes for centralized exchanges and custodians.

Our track record includes evaluating over 20 of the leading 50 assets, which collectively represent nearly $150 billion in market capitalization, offering insight into all major layer 1 networks.

The distinct attributes of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology and decentralized finance pose unique challenges that traditional financial crime experts might not always be prepared to address.

Issuers and teams often operate across numerous jurisdictions, each with its own language and expertise requirements, further contributing to the complexity of the situation. With a global presence, Kroll has experts around the world who possess linguistic, jurisdictional and on-the-ground intelligence. We have consistently proven our ability to establish, train and optimize teams to meet client demands whether the market is bullish or experiencing crypto downturns.

Our suite of solutions for cryptocurrency compliance, risk assessment and investigations are designed to progressively address various business needs.

Kroll’s Seven Dimensions of Risk for Digital Assets

In this swiftly evolving global regulatory environment, the market remains volatile with bad actors attempting to exploit vulnerabilities for illicit purposes. Kroll’s seven dimensions of risk for digital assets are instrumental in digital asset due diligence and risk analysis:

  • Asset, protocol and structural risks
  • Project and entity identification and risks
  • Sanctions and related risks
  • Token features, uses for financial crimes and AML risks
  • General consumer and financial crimes risks
  • Asset trading risks
  • Asset, protocol, report and licensing agreement risks

Compliance and Regulation

End-to-end governance, advisory and monitorship solutions to detect, mitigate and remediate security, legal, compliance and regulatory risk.

Compliance Risk and Diligence

Complying with anti-money laundering and anti-bribery and corruption regulations.

Cryptocurrency Compliance, Risk and Investigation Services

Kroll is the leading global provider of crypto compliance, risk, and investigative services. Since the introduction of the first virtual asset in 2009, Kroll has worked side-by-side with crypto companies, investors, and law enforcement to help them meet their most critical challenges.


Data Insights and Forensics

We are the leading advisors to organizations, providing expertise and solutions to address complex risks and challenges involving technology and data. We advise clients with services to address risks in disputes, investigations and regulatory compliance.

Blockchain and Financial Crime

Our global team of forensic experts, investigation specialists and data management professionals leverage advanced technology solutions that support our clients at any stage of a matter.