Operating model

Regulatory advisory across complex digital-asset business models.

Different business models create different regulatory, financial-crime, technology and governance questions. The operating model—not the marketing label—drives the regulatory analysis.

Markets

Crypto exchanges & trading venues

Perimeter analysis, licensing readiness, market conduct, custody, client asset controls, AML/CFT and technology governance.

Markets

Broker-dealers & liquidity businesses

Activity mapping, client classifications, governance, conflicts, conduct, financial crime and reporting implications.

Finance

Financial institutions

Digital-asset operating models, third-party risk, governance, financial-crime controls and regulatory-perimeter analysis.

Technology

Blockchain & DLT businesses

Determine when technology services intersect with regulated virtual asset activities and what governance / controls follow.

Tokenisation

Tokenisation platforms

Map token structures and activities against the relevant financial-service, virtual-asset and product frameworks.

Technology

Fintech & payments

Assess the boundary between technology provision and regulated financial activity, with financial-crime and operational-risk implications built in.

Board perspective

The regulatory question is usually cross-functional.

Board

Accountability

Clear ownership of regulatory risk, risk appetite, governance and escalation.

CCO / MLRO

Control integrity

Documented policies, risk assessments, monitoring, investigations, reporting and evidence.

CTO / CIO

Technology risk

Architecture, security, access, outsourcing, data lineage and resilience linked to regulatory obligations.