Digital asset and crypto compliance: new risks and regulatory expectations

Digital assets are no longer operating at the margins of financial services. As regulatory frameworks take shape across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, supervisory attention is shifting decisively towards employee conduct, with personal trading, conflicts of interest and insider information moving into sharper focus. 

This white paper explores how that shift is exposing a structural gap in many firms’ compliance frameworks. While controls for traditional securities are well established, oversight of employee digital asset activity – spanning wallets, exchanges, decentralised finance and related outside business interests – remains inconsistent and difficult to evidence. 

Drawing on industry insights, this paper examines:

• How the risk profile of employee crypto activity is evolving
• Where fragmented regulation is creating operational strain
• Why evidencing effective controls is becoming more challenging. 

This paper is an essential read for chief compliance officers and senior risk, legal and governance leaders at firms expanding into digital assets. 

Download the paper to discover how leading institutions are approaching cross-asset oversight and building more resilient, future-ready compliance frameworks.