26.09.2019 | The pitfalls of cryptocurrency risk assessment

The US sanctions agency OFAC’s ground-breaking inclusion of bitcoin addresses in sanctions lists highlights the challenges of determining risk in digital currencies.

Click here to read the Alaco article in Investment Week. 

Last month, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), employing the so-called Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, sanctioned three Chinese nationals for their role in an international drug trafficking ring.

In of itself, the move is not unusual. But looking beyond the headlines, OFAC's press release contains some intriguing information.