AML (crypto)

Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) in crypto is the set of controls a business uses to detect, prevent and report attempts to launder illicit funds through blockchain transactions.

Crypto AML combines several jobs: screening addresses for known risk, monitoring transactions (KYT) as they occur, checking against sanctions lists, and tracing fund flow across hops to understand exposure. Regulated businesses (exchanges, VASPs, payment processors) must operate these controls to meet obligations. Delivered as an API, AML becomes a set of calls embedded in product flows rather than a standalone investigation console.