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CoolBitX and Elliptic Team Up to Offer Crypto Firms Compliance Tools

Elliptic and CoolBitX will provide a package of their respective solutions to crypto firms such as exchanges needing to stay in compliance with regulators.

By Daniel Palmer
AccessTimeIconJul 21, 2020 at 10:41 a.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:33 a.m. UTC
Elliptic founder and CTO James Smith (CoinDesk archives)

Elliptic founder and CTO James Smith (CoinDesk archives)

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Blockchain security firm CoolBitX and on-chain analytics company Elliptic are now pooling their technologies in a bid to help cryptocurrency firms better meet the demands of regulatory hurdles like the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) Travel Rule.

  • Announced Tuesday, the two companies will provide a package of their respective solutions to firms such as exchanges or virtual asset service providers (VASPs) under FATF parlance.
  • The tools include CoolBitX's Sygna Bridge product, an API-based messaging service enabling crypto firms to privately share data as required under FATF guidance for the world's regulators, issued last June.
  • Also included are Elliptic’s on-chain analytic tools designed to help companies comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) requirements from FATF.
  • The Travel Rule requires VASPs to record identifying data on senders and receivers of transactions worth over $1,000 and pass the information on to other VASPs.
  • CoolBitX CEO Michael Ou said the blockchain and crypto industries were at a “major crossroads,” with the Travel Rule posing a "daunting" challenge for companies.
  • The partners' products would help firms avoid the risk of stepping outside FATF's AML and CFT rules, Ou said.
  • The crypto industry is now seeing a number of initiatives developing solutions and standards to make it easier for firms to stay compliant as global regulators move to implement FATF's guidance.

Also read: Crypto Exchange Group Eyes ‘Bulletin Board’ System for FATF Compliance: Coinbase Exec

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