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They need to apply the one that has worked in regulated finance for decades.",{"canonical":11,"robots":698},[],[],{"facebook":701,"twitter":702},{"description":696,"title":695},{"description":696,"title":695},[704],{"articleContentAreaBlocks":705},[706,712,720,725,730,735,740,745,750,755,760,765,770,775,780,785,790],{"__typename":707,"textBlock":708},"textBlock_Entry",{"html":709,"rawHtml":709,"markdown":710,"plainText":711},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The cryptoasset industry has spent considerable energy arguing that cryptoassets are different enough to require a fundamentally new approach to governance. The argument runs that the technology is too novel, the markets too fast-moving or the business models too unusual to map onto the governance frameworks that traditional finance has built up over decades.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Having spent years building and running financial crime compliance functions at regulated cryptoasset firms, I disagree. The argument lacks nuance. The governance model that regulated cryptoasset firms need generally already exists. It sits inside every well-run financial institution in the world. Building a crypto governance framework is about applying what works in traditional finance to a faster operating environment.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>The cryptoasset industry has spent considerable energy arguing that cryptoassets are different enough to require a fundamentally new approach to governance. The argument runs that the technology is too novel, the markets too fast-moving or the business models too unusual to map onto the governance frameworks that traditional finance has built up over decades.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Having spent years building and running financial crime compliance functions at regulated cryptoasset firms, I disagree. The argument lacks nuance. The governance model that regulated cryptoasset firms need generally already exists. It sits inside every well-run financial institution in the world. Building a crypto governance framework is about applying what works in traditional finance to a faster operating environment.\u003C\u002Fspan>","The cryptoasset industry has spent considerable energy arguing that cryptoassets are different enough to require a fundamentally new approach to governance. The argument runs that the technology is too novel, the markets too fast-moving or the business models too unusual to map onto the governance frameworks that traditional finance has built up over decades.\n\nHaving spent years building and running financial crime compliance functions at regulated cryptoasset firms, I disagree. The argument lacks nuance. The governance model that regulated cryptoasset firms need generally already exists. It sits inside every well-run financial institution in the world. Building a crypto governance framework is about applying what works in traditional finance to a faster operating environment.",{"__typename":713,"heading":714},"headingBlock_Entry",[715],{"headingTextBlock":716,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":717},"The framework, in summary","h2",false,{"__typename":707,"textBlock":721},{"html":722,"rawHtml":722,"markdown":723,"plainText":724},"\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Three lines of defense, with the business as first line, risk and compliance as second, and internal and external audit as third\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and Compliance Officer sitting in the second line, reporting through the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (ARCC) and to the Board of Directors (Board)\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>A documented risk appetite statement anchoring every decision the firm makes\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Quarterly Board and sub-committee oversight covering compliance trends, risk events, training and policy updates\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Defined decision rights for material events that impact the risk posture of the firm, such as token listings and counterparty off-boarding\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Data-led and objective decision making. For example, using blockchain analytics providers like Elliptic to provide the data layer underneath every on-chain control and actioning decisions\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>","- \u003Cspan>Three lines of defense, with the business as first line, risk and compliance as second, and internal and external audit as third  \n      \n    \u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and Compliance Officer sitting in the second line, reporting through the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (ARCC) and to the Board of Directors (Board)  \n      \n    \u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>A documented risk appetite statement anchoring every decision the firm makes  \n      \n    \u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>Quarterly Board and sub-committee oversight covering compliance trends, risk events, training and policy updates  \n      \n    \u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>Defined decision rights for material events that impact the risk posture of the firm, such as token listings and counterparty off-boarding  \n      \n    \u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>Data-led and objective decision making. For example, using blockchain analytics providers like Elliptic to provide the data layer underneath every on-chain control and actioning decisions\u003C\u002Fspan>","- Three lines of defense, with the business as first line, risk and compliance as second, and internal and external audit as third\n- The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and Compliance Officer sitting in the second line, reporting through the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (ARCC) and to the Board of Directors (Board)\n- A documented risk appetite statement anchoring every decision the firm makes\n- Quarterly Board and sub-committee oversight covering compliance trends, risk events, training and policy updates\n- Defined decision rights for material events that impact the risk posture of the firm, such as token listings and counterparty off-boarding\n- Data-led and objective decision making. 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Failures in any of these areas surface as personal liability for named individuals, not as institutional inconvenience.\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>At the same time, the commercial direction of the industry runs through institutional clients. Banks, asset managers and payment infrastructure providers are extending into digital assets, and the cryptoasset firms that win their business will be the ones whose governance looks familiar to a bank's risk committee, an auditor or a regulator.\u003C\u002Fp>","Regulatory scrutiny on cryptoasset firms is rising. Supervisors across major regulatory regimes are no longer asking whether companies have a compliance policy. They are asking boards to evidence the controls behind it. Token listings, sanctions exposure, counterparty risk and treasury management are now board-level questions, not operational ones. Failures in any of these areas surface as personal liability for named individuals, not as institutional inconvenience.  \n  \nAt the same time, the commercial direction of the industry runs through institutional clients. Banks, asset managers and payment infrastructure providers are extending into digital assets, and the cryptoasset firms that win their business will be the ones whose governance looks familiar to a bank's risk committee, an auditor or a regulator.","Regulatory scrutiny on cryptoasset firms is rising. Supervisors across major regulatory regimes are no longer asking whether companies have a compliance policy. They are asking boards to evidence the controls behind it. Token listings, sanctions exposure, counterparty risk and treasury management are now board-level questions, not operational ones. Failures in any of these areas surface as personal liability for named individuals, not as institutional inconvenience.At the same time, the commercial direction of the industry runs through institutional clients. Banks, asset managers and payment infrastructure providers are extending into digital assets, and the cryptoasset firms that win their business will be the ones whose governance looks familiar to a bank's risk committee, an auditor or a regulator.",{"__typename":713,"heading":736},[737],{"headingTextBlock":738,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":739},"Three lines of defense",{"__typename":707,"textBlock":741},{"html":742,"rawHtml":742,"markdown":743,"plainText":744},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>A regulated cryptoasset firm's governance framework is no different to the existing AML model in traditional finance (TradFi). It should follow the three lines of defense model. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>This is the same model that banks, broker-dealers and asset managers have run for years, and the same model that regulators across the EU, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the UAE and major US frameworks expect to see.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan>The first line of defense is the business itself. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cspan>Those that operate the order books, OTC trading desks, product teams, listing teams and customer-facing operations (e.g. relationship managers or bank cashiers). They identify and mitigate risk before they enter the firm. They should be sufficiently trained to identify risk and be clear about what to do or where to escalate. They implement the day-to-day controls to avoid risk at the first or earliest point of exposure.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan>The second line is risk and compliance. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cspan>They set the framework, monitor performance against it and own the firm-wide view of risk. This layer may be one unit or could be broken down to themes: sanctions, fraud and AML, for example.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan>The third line is internal audit, supported by external audit. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cspan>They provide independent assurance that the first two lines are doing what they should. On many occasions, the obligation to have an independent audit function is also set out in Money Laundering Regulations or general prudential obligations.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The temptation in newer cryptoasset firms is to collapse the separation between the lines of defense. Sometimes the first and second lines get compressed into a single team that runs an activity and oversees it at the same time. Sometimes compliance ends up owning decisions that should belong to the business, leaving the business with no accountability for the risks it generates.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Both scenarios produce the same outcome: There is no longer an independent function challenging the business, because the team that should be challenging it is either part of it or running it. A model designed to catch problems through two separate lines of review collapses into one, and a single bad call is all it takes for risk to move through the firm unchecked. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>There are some larger cryptoasset firms that may have local compliance leads feeding into the business unit. This is a standard model, but I would still expect there to be that separate compliance line independent from the commercial line. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>A regulated cryptoasset firm's governance framework is no different to the existing AML model in traditional finance (TradFi). It should follow the three lines of defense model. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>This is the same model that banks, broker-dealers and asset managers have run for years, and the same model that regulators across the EU, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the UAE and major US frameworks expect to see.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n**\u003Cspan>The first line of defense is the business itself. \u003C\u002Fspan>**\u003Cspan>Those that operate the order books, OTC trading desks, product teams, listing teams and customer-facing operations (e.g. relationship managers or bank cashiers). They identify and mitigate risk before they enter the firm. They should be sufficiently trained to identify risk and be clear about what to do or where to escalate. They implement the day-to-day controls to avoid risk at the first or earliest point of exposure.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n**\u003Cspan>The second line is risk and compliance. \u003C\u002Fspan>**\u003Cspan>They set the framework, monitor performance against it and own the firm-wide view of risk. This layer may be one unit or could be broken down to themes: sanctions, fraud and AML, for example.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n**\u003Cspan>The third line is internal audit, supported by external audit. \u003C\u002Fspan>**\u003Cspan>They provide independent assurance that the first two lines are doing what they should. On many occasions, the obligation to have an independent audit function is also set out in Money Laundering Regulations or general prudential obligations.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The temptation in newer cryptoasset firms is to collapse the separation between the lines of defense. Sometimes the first and second lines get compressed into a single team that runs an activity and oversees it at the same time. Sometimes compliance ends up owning decisions that should belong to the business, leaving the business with no accountability for the risks it generates.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Both scenarios produce the same outcome: There is no longer an independent function challenging the business, because the team that should be challenging it is either part of it or running it. A model designed to catch problems through two separate lines of review collapses into one, and a single bad call is all it takes for risk to move through the firm unchecked. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>There are some larger cryptoasset firms that may have local compliance leads feeding into the business unit. This is a standard model, but I would still expect there to be that separate compliance line independent from the commercial line. \u003C\u002Fspan>","A regulated cryptoasset firm's governance framework is no different to the existing AML model in traditional finance (TradFi). It should follow the three lines of defense model.\n\nThis is the same model that banks, broker-dealers and asset managers have run for years, and the same model that regulators across the EU, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the UAE and major US frameworks expect to see.\n\nThe first line of defense is the business itself. Those that operate the order books, OTC trading desks, product teams, listing teams and customer-facing operations (e.g. relationship managers or bank cashiers). They identify and mitigate risk before they enter the firm. They should be sufficiently trained to identify risk and be clear about what to do or where to escalate. They implement the day-to-day controls to avoid risk at the first or earliest point of exposure.\n\nThe second line is risk and compliance. They set the framework, monitor performance against it and own the firm-wide view of risk. This layer may be one unit or could be broken down to themes: sanctions, fraud and AML, for example.\n\nThe third line is internal audit, supported by external audit. They provide independent assurance that the first two lines are doing what they should. On many occasions, the obligation to have an independent audit function is also set out in Money Laundering Regulations or general prudential obligations.\n\nThe temptation in newer cryptoasset firms is to collapse the separation between the lines of defense. Sometimes the first and second lines get compressed into a single team that runs an activity and oversees it at the same time. Sometimes compliance ends up owning decisions that should belong to the business, leaving the business with no accountability for the risks it generates.\n\nBoth scenarios produce the same outcome: There is no longer an independent function challenging the business, because the team that should be challenging it is either part of it or running it. A model designed to catch problems through two separate lines of review collapses into one, and a single bad call is all it takes for risk to move through the firm unchecked.\n\nThere are some larger cryptoasset firms that may have local compliance leads feeding into the business unit. This is a standard model, but I would still expect there to be that separate compliance line independent from the commercial line.",{"__typename":713,"heading":746},[747],{"headingTextBlock":748,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":749},"Where the MLRO and Compliance Officer belong",{"__typename":707,"textBlock":751},{"html":752,"rawHtml":752,"markdown":753,"plainText":754},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The MLRO and Compliance Officer sit in the second line of defense, and they report to the Board through the ARCC or a dedicated financial crimes committee that reports to the ARCC. They do not report to commercial leadership. This is a mandatory regulatory requirement under the majority of AML regimes I've worked under, including across APAC, EMEA and the Middle East.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The responsibilities of the two roles are distinct, and the distinction matters more in cryptoasset firms than people often realize. Regulators in the Middle East and APAC are increasingly formalizing the split in the job description. However, dependent on the size of the firm, the same person could be performing the two roles with no conflict.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The MLRO owns anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), counter-proliferation financing (CPF) and illicit fund obligations, including Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-is-crypto-transaction-monitoring\">transaction monitoring\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>, sanctions screening and \u003Ca href=\"\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-a-high-quality-crypto-sar-looks-like-for-financial-institutions\">Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Personal liability for these obligations sits with the MLRO under local AML law in most jurisdictions, in the sense that it is normally a controlled function under regulation, where the MLRO will have to be approved and licensed to act as the MLRO. This licensing is normally an assessment of the MLRO’s “fit and properness,” but also whether they have adequate experience to carry out the function.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The Compliance Officer owns the broader compliance program: governance, policies and procedures, market and conduct surveillance, controls and testing, training and regulatory reporting.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>In groups operating across multiple jurisdictions, a Chief Compliance Officer typically sits at group level, coordinating across regulated entities and managing the major regulator relationships. But the Chief Compliance Officer is not usually the individual carrying personal liability under local AML law in any given jurisdiction. That stays with the local MLRO in the country where the regulated activity takes place.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>The MLRO and Compliance Officer sit in the second line of defense, and they report to the Board through the ARCC or a dedicated financial crimes committee that reports to the ARCC. They do not report to commercial leadership. This is a mandatory regulatory requirement under the majority of AML regimes I've worked under, including across APAC, EMEA and the Middle East.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The responsibilities of the two roles are distinct, and the distinction matters more in cryptoasset firms than people often realize. Regulators in the Middle East and APAC are increasingly formalizing the split in the job description. However, dependent on the size of the firm, the same person could be performing the two roles with no conflict.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The MLRO owns anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), counter-proliferation financing (CPF) and illicit fund obligations, including Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), [transaction monitoring](\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-is-crypto-transaction-monitoring)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>, sanctions screening and [Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing](\u002Finsights\u002Fwhat-a-high-quality-crypto-sar-looks-like-for-financial-institutions)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Personal liability for these obligations sits with the MLRO under local AML law in most jurisdictions, in the sense that it is normally a controlled function under regulation, where the MLRO will have to be approved and licensed to act as the MLRO. This licensing is normally an assessment of the MLRO’s “fit and properness,” but also whether they have adequate experience to carry out the function.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The Compliance Officer owns the broader compliance program: governance, policies and procedures, market and conduct surveillance, controls and testing, training and regulatory reporting.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>In groups operating across multiple jurisdictions, a Chief Compliance Officer typically sits at group level, coordinating across regulated entities and managing the major regulator relationships. But the Chief Compliance Officer is not usually the individual carrying personal liability under local AML law in any given jurisdiction. That stays with the local MLRO in the country where the regulated activity takes place.\u003C\u002Fspan>","The MLRO and Compliance Officer sit in the second line of defense, and they report to the Board through the ARCC or a dedicated financial crimes committee that reports to the ARCC. They do not report to commercial leadership. This is a mandatory regulatory requirement under the majority of AML regimes I've worked under, including across APAC, EMEA and the Middle East.\n\nThe responsibilities of the two roles are distinct, and the distinction matters more in cryptoasset firms than people often realize. Regulators in the Middle East and APAC are increasingly formalizing the split in the job description. However, dependent on the size of the firm, the same person could be performing the two roles with no conflict.\n\nThe MLRO owns anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), counter-proliferation financing (CPF) and illicit fund obligations, including Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), transaction monitoring, sanctions screening and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing.\n\nPersonal liability for these obligations sits with the MLRO under local AML law in most jurisdictions, in the sense that it is normally a controlled function under regulation, where the MLRO will have to be approved and licensed to act as the MLRO. This licensing is normally an assessment of the MLRO’s “fit and properness,” but also whether they have adequate experience to carry out the function.\n\nThe Compliance Officer owns the broader compliance program: governance, policies and procedures, market and conduct surveillance, controls and testing, training and regulatory reporting.\n\nIn groups operating across multiple jurisdictions, a Chief Compliance Officer typically sits at group level, coordinating across regulated entities and managing the major regulator relationships. But the Chief Compliance Officer is not usually the individual carrying personal liability under local AML law in any given jurisdiction. That stays with the local MLRO in the country where the regulated activity takes place.",{"__typename":713,"heading":756},[757],{"headingTextBlock":758,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":759},"A risk appetite statement as the anchor",{"__typename":707,"textBlock":761},{"html":762,"rawHtml":762,"markdown":763,"plainText":764},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>A documented risk appetite statement is what makes the rest of the framework operational. It begins with the firm's overall posture on non-financial risks such as compliance, AML\u002FCTF\u002FCPF, technology and operational, and financial risks such as liquidity, market and credit. Each category gets a position, often phrased as zero tolerance, low tolerance or medium tolerance with a defined buffer. Each position has specific controls in place to maintain it.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The risk appetite statement should be reviewed annually at minimum and on an ad hoc basis when material changes occur in the business or the regulatory environment that changes the firm’s risk profile.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>When the risk appetite is documented, every decision the firm makes has a reference point. Decisions made within the appetite can move at speed. Decisions made outside it need to be flagged and justified or escalated. Without that reference point, every judgment call becomes ad hoc, and the speed at which cryptoasset firms operate compounds the consequences.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>A documented risk appetite statement is what makes the rest of the framework operational. It begins with the firm's overall posture on non-financial risks such as compliance, AML\u002FCTF\u002FCPF, technology and operational, and financial risks such as liquidity, market and credit. Each category gets a position, often phrased as zero tolerance, low tolerance or medium tolerance with a defined buffer. Each position has specific controls in place to maintain it.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The risk appetite statement should be reviewed annually at minimum and on an ad hoc basis when material changes occur in the business or the regulatory environment that changes the firm’s risk profile.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>When the risk appetite is documented, every decision the firm makes has a reference point. Decisions made within the appetite can move at speed. Decisions made outside it need to be flagged and justified or escalated. Without that reference point, every judgment call becomes ad hoc, and the speed at which cryptoasset firms operate compounds the consequences.\u003C\u002Fspan>","A documented risk appetite statement is what makes the rest of the framework operational. It begins with the firm's overall posture on non-financial risks such as compliance, AML\u002FCTF\u002FCPF, technology and operational, and financial risks such as liquidity, market and credit. Each category gets a position, often phrased as zero tolerance, low tolerance or medium tolerance with a defined buffer. Each position has specific controls in place to maintain it.\n\nThe risk appetite statement should be reviewed annually at minimum and on an ad hoc basis when material changes occur in the business or the regulatory environment that changes the firm’s risk profile.\n\nWhen the risk appetite is documented, every decision the firm makes has a reference point. Decisions made within the appetite can move at speed. Decisions made outside it need to be flagged and justified or escalated. Without that reference point, every judgment call becomes ad hoc, and the speed at which cryptoasset firms operate compounds the consequences.",{"__typename":713,"heading":766},[767],{"headingTextBlock":768,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":769},"Quarterly Board reporting on crypto governance",{"__typename":707,"textBlock":771},{"html":772,"rawHtml":772,"markdown":773,"plainText":774},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Every regulated jurisdiction I know requires quarterly board meetings, and the format follows TradFi best practices in traditional financial services.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The meeting opens with the CFO's commercial overview. It then moves into the quarterly compliance report, which should cover compliance risk trends such as onboarding volumes split by risk tier, SAR volumes and trends, alignment with the national risk assessment, movement in alert volumes, mixer exposure and sanctions hits, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-is-the-travel-rule\">travel rule\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan> status, policy updates linked to specific regulatory developments and training completed in the quarter. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These numbers are only as reliable as the blockchain analytics underneath them, which is why Elliptic's solutions sit inside the compliance programs of so many regulated cryptoasset firms. The data layer is what makes the rest of the framework defensible to a Board, an auditor or a regulator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>The compliance report can be accompanied by a summary view from the third line of defense audit, if there are any additional points of note, to ensure that the framework is working well.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The risk report follows. It maps the quarter's events against the documented risk appetite across financial and non-financial risk categories. Significant events get written up with the controls now in place to prevent recurrence. Legal then covers regulatory changes, new partnerships and new product rollouts. The independent non-executive directors challenge throughout.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Alongside the main board, a dedicated risk committee should be in place from day one. The technical proficiency required to interrogate a market abuse investigation, a liquidity event or a cybersecurity incident at the level of detail needed is not typically present at the main board level. The risk committee does the technical work. The main board reviews the output. Compressing both functions into a single forum means doing neither properly.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>Every regulated jurisdiction I know requires quarterly board meetings, and the format follows TradFi best practices in traditional financial services.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The meeting opens with the CFO's commercial overview. It then moves into the quarterly compliance report, which should cover compliance risk trends such as onboarding volumes split by risk tier, SAR volumes and trends, alignment with the national risk assessment, movement in alert volumes, mixer exposure and sanctions hits, [travel rule](\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-is-the-travel-rule)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan> status, policy updates linked to specific regulatory developments and training completed in the quarter. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\nThese numbers are only as reliable as the blockchain analytics underneath them, which is why Elliptic's solutions sit inside the compliance programs of so many regulated cryptoasset firms. The data layer is what makes the rest of the framework defensible to a Board, an auditor or a regulator.\n\n\u003Cspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>The compliance report can be accompanied by a summary view from the third line of defense audit, if there are any additional points of note, to ensure that the framework is working well.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The risk report follows. It maps the quarter's events against the documented risk appetite across financial and non-financial risk categories. Significant events get written up with the controls now in place to prevent recurrence. Legal then covers regulatory changes, new partnerships and new product rollouts. The independent non-executive directors challenge throughout.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Alongside the main board, a dedicated risk committee should be in place from day one. The technical proficiency required to interrogate a market abuse investigation, a liquidity event or a cybersecurity incident at the level of detail needed is not typically present at the main board level. The risk committee does the technical work. The main board reviews the output. Compressing both functions into a single forum means doing neither properly.\u003C\u002Fspan>","Every regulated jurisdiction I know requires quarterly board meetings, and the format follows TradFi best practices in traditional financial services.\n\nThe meeting opens with the CFO's commercial overview. It then moves into the quarterly compliance report, which should cover compliance risk trends such as onboarding volumes split by risk tier, SAR volumes and trends, alignment with the national risk assessment, movement in alert volumes, mixer exposure and sanctions hits, travel rule status, policy updates linked to specific regulatory developments and training completed in the quarter.\n\nThese numbers are only as reliable as the blockchain analytics underneath them, which is why Elliptic's solutions sit inside the compliance programs of so many regulated cryptoasset firms. The data layer is what makes the rest of the framework defensible to a Board, an auditor or a regulator.\n\nThe compliance report can be accompanied by a summary view from the third line of defense audit, if there are any additional points of note, to ensure that the framework is working well.\n\nThe risk report follows. It maps the quarter's events against the documented risk appetite across financial and non-financial risk categories. Significant events get written up with the controls now in place to prevent recurrence. Legal then covers regulatory changes, new partnerships and new product rollouts. The independent non-executive directors challenge throughout.\n\nAlongside the main board, a dedicated risk committee should be in place from day one. The technical proficiency required to interrogate a market abuse investigation, a liquidity event or a cybersecurity incident at the level of detail needed is not typically present at the main board level. The risk committee does the technical work. The main board reviews the output. Compressing both functions into a single forum means doing neither properly.",{"__typename":713,"heading":776},[777],{"headingTextBlock":778,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":779},"The tests that prove the framework",{"__typename":707,"textBlock":781},{"html":782,"rawHtml":782,"markdown":783,"plainText":784},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Two categories of decision reveal whether a governance framework holds in practice.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan>Token listings\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cspan> are the most cryptoasset-specific decision a firm has to make, and the temptation is to treat them as something new that requires a new process. They don't. The governance disciplines that TradFi applies to new product approval map across cleanly: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Independent due diligence behind an information barrier (segregation of duties)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Committee-level review and sign-off (new product committee)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan>Local entity approval before going live in a market (legal entity governance)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The instruments are different, but the control logic is not.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>In practice, this means token listings should go through a documented multi-stage process. The first stage is asset and token due diligence by a research team that sits behind an information barrier from the listing business. That team investigates sanctions exposure, ownership, source of funding, project history, chain and protocol structure, and \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-are-privacy-coins\">whether the token has privacy features\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Best practice applies a traffic light system to the output. Green tokens proceed. Yellow tokens go to the listing committee for a judgment call. Red tokens do not get listed, the most common reasons being fraudulent token, pump-and-dump pattern or direct sanctions exposure. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>What is needed here is a clear and objective approach that is well-documented on the reasons for approval, along with a clear decision-maker and a process to escalate if there are disagreements between the commercial and compliance lines.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Tokens that pass the listing committee go to the local regulated entity, where the General Manager, Head of Risk and Head of Compliance make the final jurisdictional call. A token approved at group level may still be inappropriate for listing in a specific market because of local regulatory restrictions.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Importantly, the decision to admit a token to trading is not a one-off decision. In a good framework, there will be ongoing feedback that, for example, considers adverse media, and a general due diligence loop.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan>Counterparty off-boarding\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cspan> is where the framework is most directly tested. The MLRO is responsible for identifying, investigating and escalating financial crime concerns. Senior management is responsible for the decision to offboard, taking into account the MLRO's recommendations and the firm's risk appetite.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>The conflict arises when the customer in question is generating significant revenue. If a General Manager disagrees with an MLRO's offboarding decision on commercial grounds, the matter goes to the Board, which holds the highest accountability in the firm and makes the final call. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>That escalation route, on paper and in practice, is what makes the framework credible. The same logic applies to jurisdictional exits: When operating outside local regulatory requirements creates material risk to the firm, the call sits with the Board.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>Two categories of decision reveal whether a governance framework holds in practice.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n**\u003Cspan>Token listings\u003C\u002Fspan>**\u003Cspan> are the most cryptoasset-specific decision a firm has to make, and the temptation is to treat them as something new that requires a new process. They don't. The governance disciplines that TradFi applies to new product approval map across cleanly: \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n- \u003Cspan>Independent due diligence behind an information barrier (segregation of duties)\u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>Committee-level review and sign-off (new product committee)\u003C\u002Fspan>\n- \u003Cspan>Local entity approval before going live in a market (legal entity governance)\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The instruments are different, but the control logic is not.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>In practice, this means token listings should go through a documented multi-stage process. The first stage is asset and token due diligence by a research team that sits behind an information barrier from the listing business. That team investigates sanctions exposure, ownership, source of funding, project history, chain and protocol structure, and [whether the token has privacy features](\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-are-privacy-coins)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Best practice applies a traffic light system to the output. Green tokens proceed. Yellow tokens go to the listing committee for a judgment call. Red tokens do not get listed, the most common reasons being fraudulent token, pump-and-dump pattern or direct sanctions exposure. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>What is needed here is a clear and objective approach that is well-documented on the reasons for approval, along with a clear decision-maker and a process to escalate if there are disagreements between the commercial and compliance lines.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Tokens that pass the listing committee go to the local regulated entity, where the General Manager, Head of Risk and Head of Compliance make the final jurisdictional call. A token approved at group level may still be inappropriate for listing in a specific market because of local regulatory restrictions.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>Importantly, the decision to admit a token to trading is not a one-off decision. In a good framework, there will be ongoing feedback that, for example, considers adverse media, and a general due diligence loop.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n**\u003Cspan>Counterparty off-boarding\u003C\u002Fspan>**\u003Cspan> is where the framework is most directly tested. The MLRO is responsible for identifying, investigating and escalating financial crime concerns. Senior management is responsible for the decision to offboard, taking into account the MLRO's recommendations and the firm's risk appetite.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>The conflict arises when the customer in question is generating significant revenue. If a General Manager disagrees with an MLRO's offboarding decision on commercial grounds, the matter goes to the Board, which holds the highest accountability in the firm and makes the final call. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>That escalation route, on paper and in practice, is what makes the framework credible. The same logic applies to jurisdictional exits: When operating outside local regulatory requirements creates material risk to the firm, the call sits with the Board.\u003C\u002Fspan>","Two categories of decision reveal whether a governance framework holds in practice.\n\nToken listings are the most cryptoasset-specific decision a firm has to make, and the temptation is to treat them as something new that requires a new process. They don't. The governance disciplines that TradFi applies to new product approval map across cleanly:\n\n- Independent due diligence behind an information barrier (segregation of duties)\n- Committee-level review and sign-off (new product committee)\n- Local entity approval before going live in a market (legal entity governance)\n\nThe instruments are different, but the control logic is not.\n\nIn practice, this means token listings should go through a documented multi-stage process. The first stage is asset and token due diligence by a research team that sits behind an information barrier from the listing business. That team investigates sanctions exposure, ownership, source of funding, project history, chain and protocol structure, and whether the token has privacy features.\n\nBest practice applies a traffic light system to the output. Green tokens proceed. Yellow tokens go to the listing committee for a judgment call. Red tokens do not get listed, the most common reasons being fraudulent token, pump-and-dump pattern or direct sanctions exposure.\n\nWhat is needed here is a clear and objective approach that is well-documented on the reasons for approval, along with a clear decision-maker and a process to escalate if there are disagreements between the commercial and compliance lines.\n\nTokens that pass the listing committee go to the local regulated entity, where the General Manager, Head of Risk and Head of Compliance make the final jurisdictional call. A token approved at group level may still be inappropriate for listing in a specific market because of local regulatory restrictions.\n\nImportantly, the decision to admit a token to trading is not a one-off decision. In a good framework, there will be ongoing feedback that, for example, considers adverse media, and a general due diligence loop.\n\nCounterparty off-boarding is where the framework is most directly tested. The MLRO is responsible for identifying, investigating and escalating financial crime concerns. Senior management is responsible for the decision to offboard, taking into account the MLRO's recommendations and the firm's risk appetite.\n\nThe conflict arises when the customer in question is generating significant revenue. If a General Manager disagrees with an MLRO's offboarding decision on commercial grounds, the matter goes to the Board, which holds the highest accountability in the firm and makes the final call.\n\nThat escalation route, on paper and in practice, is what makes the framework credible. The same logic applies to jurisdictional exits: When operating outside local regulatory requirements creates material risk to the firm, the call sits with the Board.",{"__typename":713,"heading":786},[787],{"headingTextBlock":788,"headingType":718,"headingStyle":718,"animated":719},{"rawHtml":789},"The data layer underneath crypto governance",{"__typename":707,"textBlock":791},{"html":792,"rawHtml":792,"markdown":793,"plainText":794},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>We’ve just covered the structural side of crypto governance. The seats, the committees, the reporting lines, the decision rights, the policies. All of it is necessary. None of it is sufficient.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>What governs a cryptoasset firm in practice is the quality of the data feeding the framework. The compliance pack's sanctions exposure and \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-is-a-crypto-mixer\">mixer\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan> indicator numbers are only useful if the underlying screening is accurate and comprehensive. The listing committee's traffic light decisions are only as good as the \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fproducts\u002Fasset-due-diligence\u002F\">asset due diligence\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>behind them. The MLRO's off-boarding recommendations depend on transaction monitoring that surfaces actual behavior, not behavior that looks plausible.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>This is where blockchain analytics functions as the foundation of the governance framework. Elliptic's solutions support each of the decision points in this article. Wallet and transaction screening with \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fproducts\u002Flens\u002F\">Elliptic Lens\u003C\u002Fa> underpins customer monitoring and off-boarding. \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fsolutions\u002Ffinancial-institutions\u002Fentity-due-diligence\u002F\">Entity-level intelligence\u003C\u002Fa> supports counterparty due diligence and listing committee work. Visual case-building supports SAR investigations and the evidence that goes up to the Board.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Cryptoasset firms have spent too long looking for a new governance model when the right one already exists. The work that needs to happen now is operational: applying the proven framework, with the right people in the right seats, the right reporting cadence, the right decision rights and the right data layer underneath it. Regulators expect this. Sophisticated counterparties expect it. The firms that build it now will be the ones that scale.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>To see how Elliptic's blockchain analytics solutions support the governance framework described in this article, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fstart-a-trial\u002F\">speak to our team today\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cspan>We’ve just covered the structural side of crypto governance. The seats, the committees, the reporting lines, the decision rights, the policies. All of it is necessary. None of it is sufficient.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>What governs a cryptoasset firm in practice is the quality of the data feeding the framework. The compliance pack's sanctions exposure and [mixer](\u002Fblockchain-basics\u002Fwhat-is-a-crypto-mixer)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan> indicator numbers are only useful if the underlying screening is accurate and comprehensive. The listing committee's traffic light decisions are only as good as the [asset due diligence](\u002Fproducts\u002Fasset-due-diligence\u002F) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>behind them. The MLRO's off-boarding recommendations depend on transaction monitoring that surfaces actual behavior, not behavior that looks plausible.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan>This is where blockchain analytics functions as the foundation of the governance framework. Elliptic's solutions support each of the decision points in this article. Wallet and transaction screening with [Elliptic Lens](\u002Fproducts\u002Flens\u002F) underpins customer monitoring and off-boarding. [Entity-level intelligence](\u002Fsolutions\u002Ffinancial-institutions\u002Fentity-due-diligence\u002F) supports counterparty due diligence and listing committee work. 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