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# How To Conduct Crypto and Token Financial Crime Risk Assessments Key Takeaways

In the second part of his series on AML in crypto, fscom’s crypto compliance expert Chris Vaughan explores in detail how best to carry out financial crime risk assessments in the cryptoasset space. 

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## Key Takeaways: How to Conduct Crypto and Token Financial Crime Risk Assessments webinar

The risk assessment is one of the most important tools in the fight against financial crime. For both VASPs, and for firms conducting business with VASPs, effective risk assessments of individual tokens, cryptoasset products and cryptoasset firms are essential to identify, understand, and eventually mitigate, the risk.

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When is an assessment appropriate?

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What are the risk factors you should consider?

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Cryptoasset classification

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Whitepapers and token standards

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Exposure and blockchain monitoring

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Controls assessments

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At fscom, we strive to offer excellent service in a professional and personable manner. We deliver this through our unrivalled understanding of financial services regulation and a strong emphasis on taking a commercial and innovative approach that puts our clients’ needs first.

We are specialists in providing regulatory advisory services to a broad range of financial services institutions including payment services and e-money, retail banks, cryptocurrency, trading and broking and asset management firms.

We work across three core areas of regulatory compliance, financial crime and cyber security and provide a range of services including compliance advice, authorisations, audits, interim roles and compliance training.