CPD Seminar · AML/CFT · Crypto-Assets
Crypto-Assets: Typologies, Investigations and the FTX Case
How criminals use crypto, how firms detect it, and what FTX teaches about governance
- Duration
- 3 hours
- CPD hours
- 3
- Level
- Intermediate to advanced
- Delivery
- On request – in person or online
- Fee
- Upon request
- Edition
- October 2026
Overview
The seminar starts with how blockchains, wallets and stablecoins really work, then moves to the laundering typologies, analytics and investigation steps that compliance teams need. It finishes with an in-depth case study of the FTX collapse, including its Cyprus dimension, and the governance and client-asset lessons for every regulated firm.
Who should attend
- AML and compliance officers
- Investigators and transaction monitoring analysts
- Onboarding teams
- CASP staff
- Directors of firms with crypto exposure
Learning objectives
- 01Explain how blockchains, wallets, exchanges, stablecoins and DeFi work, and why crypto is pseudonymous rather than anonymous
- 02Recognise the main crypto laundering typologies, from mixers and chain-hopping to money mules, scams and sanctions evasion
- 03Apply crypto-specific CDD: wallet ownership, source of crypto wealth and on-chain screening
- 04Read a blockchain analytics alert: exposure, risk scores, tracing methods and their limits
- 05Draw lessons from enforcement cases including Binance, OKX, Tornado Cash, Garantex and the Bybit hack
- 06Analyse the FTX collapse as a case study in fraud, governance failure and client-asset protection
Programme
Module 01
How crypto works
Blockchains, wallets, exchanges, stablecoins, DeFi; pseudonymity
Module 02
Laundering typologies
Mixers, chain-hopping, mules, scams, ransomware, sanctions evasion
Module 03
CDD and blockchain analytics
Wallet ownership, source of crypto wealth, screening and tracing
Module 04
Investigations and reporting
From alert to STR; freezing; working with MOKAS and law enforcement
Module 05
Enforcement and the FTX case
Binance, OKX, Tornado Cash, Garantex, Bybit; FTX in depth
Module 06
2025–2026 updates and assessment
Chainalysis and FATF 2026; the Bankman-Fried appeal; 10 questions
Case studies covered
Latest updates included
Crypto crime in 2025: record volumes
Chainalysis 2026 Crypto Crime Report
FATF virtual asset standards in 2026
Targeted Update, July 2026; stablecoins report, March 2026
FTX and the courts
Second Circuit decision, 12 June 2026
Assessment and certificate
The session closes with a 10-question knowledge check. Participants who attend the full session and complete the check receive a certificate of completion from Kyvos Capital Ltd, recording 3 hours of training.
Your trainer
Yiannis Georgiou
HRDA-Certified Trainer – Level 5 (EQF/CyQF 5) · Αριθμός ΑνΑΔ: 55672
Executive and board director with more than 18 years in financial markets, spanning trading, dealing, portfolio management, risk, compliance and board-level governance. His seminars combine first-hand regulatory and AML responsibility with a quantitative, technology-driven approach.
Meet the trainerRequest this seminar
Available on request, in person or online. The fee is provided on request.
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Seminars are delivered on request by Kyvos Capital Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus, and led by Yiannis Georgiou, HRDA-Certified Trainer – Level 5 (Αριθμός ΑνΑΔ: 55672). Fees are provided on request. Seminar content is provided for training purposes only and does not constitute legal, regulatory or investment advice.