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Digital Asset Intelligence
Regulation · Compliance · Risk
Professional Resources

Tools for the profession.

Training curricula, industry events, podcasts, investigation toolkits, and the DAI regulatory library.

Professional Resources

Practical toolkits for compliance teams.

AML Typologies

Layering, smurfing, mixer abuse, and emerging on-chain patterns.

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Red Flag Indicators

Transaction, customer, and counterparty risk signals.

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Risk Assessment Templates

National, sectoral, and institutional risk-assessment formats.

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Compliance Checklists

Operational checklists for VASPs, banks, and supervisors.

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Investigation Guides

Blockchain tracing, exchange subpoenas, and cross-border cooperation.

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Training Materials

Briefing decks and curricula for examiners and FIU staff.

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Education · Foundations

What is crypto compliance?

Crypto compliance is the discipline of operating digital-asset businesses inside the boundaries set by financial regulators, law-enforcement authorities, and international standard-setters. It blends traditional financial-crime prevention with on-chain forensics, programmable money mechanics, and rapidly evolving regulatory regimes.

A modern compliance function spans AML/CFT, sanctions, market integrity, consumer protection, licensing, and cross-border information sharing — each governed by distinct rules but operationally interlinked. DAI's education track explains how each sector works, who supervises it, and what "good" looks like in practice.

The eight core sectors of crypto compliance

AML / CFT

Preventing money laundering and terrorist financing across virtual asset flows. Core of every compliance program.

Sanctions & Screening

OFAC, UN, EU, HMT lists; wallet attribution; ambiguous-hit adjudication; secondary-sanctions exposure.

Market Integrity

Insider trading, market manipulation, wash trading, and front-running on centralized and decentralized venues.

Consumer Protection

Disclosure, suitability, marketing standards, complaints handling, and statutory compensation regimes.

Stablecoin Supervision

Reserve composition, attestations, redemption rights, and prudential treatment of issuers.

VASP Licensing

Authorisation regimes, fit-and-proper tests, capital adequacy, and ongoing supervisory obligations.

Cross-Border / Travel Rule

FATF Recommendation 16 — originator/beneficiary data sharing for transfers above de minimis thresholds.

DeFi & Smart Contract Risk

Compliance perimeter for protocols, front-end liability, governance accountability, and on-chain controls.

Compliance Events Calendar

Where regulators, supervisors, and compliance teams meet.

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Top Crypto Compliance Podcasts

What the compliance world is listening to.

DAI's curated ranking of podcasts covering crypto regulation, financial crime, and supervisory practice — updated quarterly.

  1. 01

    Unchained

    Laura Shin

    Deep interviews on regulation, enforcement, and macro shifts in crypto.

    Regulation612 episodes
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  2. 02

    Bits + Bips

    James Seyffart & guests

    Markets, ETFs, and regulatory developments dissected weekly.

    Markets / Reg240 episodes
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  3. 03

    The Scoop

    Frank Chaparro (The Block)

    Insider conversations with regulators, founders, and policy leaders.

    Policy320 episodes
    Listen
  4. 04

    Bankless

    Ryan Sean Adams & David Hoffman

    DeFi, compliance perimeter, and on-chain finance frontier topics.

    DeFi / Compliance480 episodes
    Listen
  5. 05

    Empire

    Jason Yanowitz & Santiago Santos

    Institutional adoption, stablecoin regimes, and supervisory trends.

    Institutional210 episodes
    Listen
  6. 06

    Hashing It Out

    Cointelegraph

    Technical and compliance crossover — FATF, Travel Rule, and tooling.

    Travel Rule180 episodes
    Listen
  7. 07

    Compliance into the Weeds

    Matt Kelly & Tom Fox

    General financial-crime compliance with growing crypto coverage.

    FinCrime260 episodes
    Listen
  8. 08

    Public Key

    Chainalysis

    Investigations, sanctions, and law-enforcement use of blockchain analytics.

    Investigations165 episodes
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  9. 09

    Around The Coin

    Brian Roemmele & Mike Townsend

    Fintech, payments, and digital-asset compliance intersections.

    Fintech540 episodes
    Listen
  10. 10

    On The Brink

    Castle Island Ventures

    Policy, custody, and institutional compliance with global guests.

    Policy / Custody430 episodes
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Africa Focus

Crypto & regulation across Africa.

Shows covering VASP licensing, stablecoin corridors, CBDCs and AML enforcement across African jurisdictions.

  1. 01

    The Flip

    Justin Norman

    Africa's leading tech podcast — recurring deep-dives on crypto policy, stablecoins, and fintech regulation across the continent.

    Africa Fintech120 episodes
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  2. 02

    Africa Tech Roundup

    Andile Masuku

    Weekly analysis of African tech and policy, including VASP licensing, CBDCs, and cross-border crypto rails.

    Policy / Africa280 episodes
    Listen
  3. 03

    Bitcoin Africa

    Yellow Card / community hosts

    Crypto adoption, regulation, and compliance stories from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and beyond.

    Adoption / Reg95 episodes
    Listen
  4. 04

    Decode Fintech

    Osioke Itseuwa

    Nigerian-led show unpacking CBN circulars, SEC digital-asset rules, and West African payments regulation.

    Nigeria / WAEMU140 episodes
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  5. 05

    Built In Africa

    Adewunmi Adeniran

    Founder interviews covering compliance, licensing, and regulatory navigation for African crypto and fintech startups.

    Compliance / Startups110 episodes
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  6. 06

    The Bitcoin Podcast (Africa edition)

    Various

    Episodes focused on Bitcoin policy, mining, and remittance regulation across African jurisdictions.

    Bitcoin Policy60 episodes
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  7. 07

    Africa Business Radio – Crypto Hour

    ABR

    Weekly segment on digital asset regulation, FATF compliance, and AML enforcement in African markets.

    AML / Africa75 episodes
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  8. 08

    Stablecoin Africa

    Independent

    Dedicated to stablecoin adoption, regulatory frameworks, and FX-corridor compliance across the continent.

    Stablecoins40 episodes
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Section 05 — Regulatory Framework Library

A working library for the people who write the rules.

Educational summaries prepared by the DAI research desk. For authoritative text, consult the issuing body.