Third-party audit and software services that help banks and crypto companies prove their anti-money-laundering controls, privacy claims, and cryptographic records to regulators and customers.
Compliance, privacy verification & crypto provenance
Regulators and prosecutors are stepping up: NYDFS fined SEB $33M for AML failings and the Brooklyn DA shut down a crypto scam network, while Forbes questions privacy promises and Claude revealed ECDSA curve origins — together creating demand for third-party audits and software that prove AML controls, privacy claims, and crypto provenance.
Projected Score
as a side gig ☆☆☆☆☆ (0/5)
no money or audience ★☆☆☆☆ (1/5)
with both ★★★☆☆ (3/5)
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The news behind it
- Oct 17, 2026 Banking Dive: NYDFS fines Swedish bank SEB $33M over AML issues
- Oct 17, 2026 Forbes (contributor net): How To Tell If A Company’s Privacy Promises Don’t Add Up
- Oct 17, 2026 Hacker News (Algolia): Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins
- Oct 17, 2026 Bitcoin Magazine: Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves
- Oct 17, 2026 Bitcoin Magazine: MSCI To Move Forward With Proposal That Could Exclude Strategy From Index
- Oct 16, 2026 Bitcoin Magazine: Brooklyn DA Pulls the Plug on Crypto Scam Network
- Oct 16, 2026 Chris Skinner: Things worth reading: 16th October 2026
