Bank-grade AML controls coming soon to bitcoin

As more people start to dip their toes into the cryptocurrency waters, two companies are making it their goal to curb nefarious uses of the digital currency.

Elliptic, a blockchain intelligence firm, is collaborating with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to bring into market a bank-grade risk management to digital currency like bitcoin.

LexisNexis is known for providing traditional banks with anti-money laundering risk management data, and this is what Elliptic is looking to tap into to boost its bitcoin transaction monitoring and compliance products.

Together, the two developed a service that they said will help financial services firms sniff out suspicious transactions, especially from those heightened-risk people or groups that are on global watch lists.