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Market Analysis New

Crypto's Sovereignty Illusion: Why Digital Assets Dump When the World Needs Safety

In March 2026, Bitcoin shed nearly 50% from its highs under compounding pressure from geopolitical tensions, rising interest rates, and regulatory uncertainty — triggering cascading liquidations with no lender of last resort to absorb them. This is not bad luck. It is the direct consequence of building money without a sovereign. And the same architecture that removes the backstop also removes every deterrent to fraud.

Market Analysis · 11 min read · Mar 2026 Read article

Threat Intelligence

EVMbench and AML: What AI-Driven Smart Contract Exploits Mean for Compliance Teams

OpenAI and Paradigm's EVMbench shows AI agents can now exploit over 70% of critical smart contract vulnerabilities autonomously. For AML compliance, the question is what happens to those funds after — and whether your screening programme can trace exploit-origin proceeds before they layer and bridge away.

Threat Intelligence · 8 min read · Feb 2026 Read article

Threat Intelligence New

The YouTube MEV Bot Scam: Anatomy of a Smart Contract Drain

A Solidity contract circulating on YouTube promises retail investors passive ETH via an automated slippage bot. It contains a backdoor assembled across eight obfuscated functions that routes every deposited ETH to the scammer. Here is the full technical breakdown and what the on-chain footprint looks like.

Crypto Fraud · 10 min read · Feb 2026 Read article

Threat Intelligence New

MEV Bot Contract Drain: Technical Breakdown & Victim Checklist

Exact drain code, all eight address-obfuscation functions, four obfuscation techniques explained, a visual red-flags checklist, step-by-step contract verification guide, and post-drain reporting flow for victims of the YouTube MEV bot scam family.

Crypto Fraud · 12 min read · Feb 2026 Read article

AI Governance

SR 11-7 for AI: What Banks Need to Know in 2026

The Federal Reserve's model risk management guidance was written before large language models existed. Here's how to apply SR 11-7's three pillars — conceptual soundness, ongoing validation, and governance — to AI systems making credit, fraud, and AML decisions.

Regulatory Guide · 9 min read · Feb 2026 Read article

Explainer

What is AI Model Attestation — and Why Regulators Will Require It

Attestation is the cryptographic proof that a specific model version produced a specific output. Here's what it means in practice — and why the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and banking regulators are moving toward requiring it.

Explainer · 7 min read · Feb 2026 Read article

Threat Intelligence

5 Crypto Fraud Trends Every CCO Must Watch in 2026

Deepfake KYC, cross-chain laundering, DeFi exploit proceeds, approval phishing, and romance scam industrialization — the threat landscape compliance teams will face this year.

Threat Intel · 8 min read Read article

Regulatory Guide

FINTRAC Compliance Guide for Canadian Crypto Exchanges

PCMLTFA obligations, MSB registration, KYC requirements, and STR reporting requirements — a practical guide for Canadian VASPs navigating FINTRAC.

Regulatory Guide · 10 min read Read article

Technical Guide

Implementing the Travel Rule: A Technical Guide for VASPs

FATF Travel Rule, TRISA, OpenVASP, counterparty discovery, and the sunrise problem — a technical breakdown for compliance engineers.

Technical Guide · 12 min read Read article