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Challenge

A global cryptocurrency exchange with 50M+ registered users needed to design and implement a comprehensive market surveillance program to detect wash trading, spoofing, layering, and front-running across hundreds of trading pairs. The existing system relied on basic rule-based alerts with a 90%+ false positive rate, consuming investigator time on non-actionable alerts while genuine manipulation went undetected.

Approach

• Conducted a full gap analysis of existing surveillance capabilities against IOSCO and FATF standards
• Designed custom detection models for each manipulation typology, calibrated against historical confirmed cases
• Implemented tiered alert escalation workflow: automated triage, L1 review, L2 investigation, regulatory escalation
• Integrated Eventus and Scila surveillance platforms with custom rule configurations
• Built investigation playbooks and trained a team of 12 analysts on investigation methodology

Result

The surveillance program now operates 24/7, processing over 100 alerts daily with a structured escalation path. Confirmed manipulation cases tripled within the first quarter as the system caught patterns previously invisible to the basic rule set.

Challenge

A regulated digital asset platform's compliance team was spending 3-4 hours per Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), creating a bottleneck that delayed regulatory filings and limited the number of investigations that could be completed each month. Senior investigators were spending the majority of their time on report writing rather than actual investigation work.

Approach

• Built a custom AI agent using Claude API and LangChain that ingests investigation findings, transaction data, and blockchain analysis reports
• Designed structured prompting system that generates narrative SAR text following FinCEN and FINTRAC formatting standards
• Implemented automated evidence compilation — pulling relevant KYC records, transaction timelines, and blockchain tracing results into a structured package
• Added human-in-the-loop review stage where investigators verify and refine AI-drafted reports before submission

Result

Investigators now spend 60% less time on report writing, doubling the team's monthly filing capacity without additional headcount. All AI-assisted SARs have passed regulatory quality review with zero rejections.

Challenge

A financial institution suspected that a client was using a complex network of wallets across multiple blockchains (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Tron) to obscure the origin of funds. The internal compliance team had identified suspicious deposit patterns but lacked the blockchain forensics capability to trace the full flow of funds through DeFi protocols and cross-chain bridges.

Approach

• Deployed Chainalysis Reactor to map the complete transaction graph across all three blockchains
• Identified the use of mixing services, cross-chain bridges, and DeFi protocol interactions designed to break the tracing chain
• Correlated on-chain activity with exchange deposit/withdrawal records and KYC data to establish entity attribution
• Produced a comprehensive forensic report with visual transaction flow diagrams suitable for regulatory submission and potential law enforcement referral

Result

The investigation traced $2M+ in assets across 47 wallets on three blockchains, establishing the full flow of funds despite deliberate obfuscation attempts. The forensic report was accepted by the regulator and supported a successful law enforcement referral.