Blockchain Analytics and Wallet Risk Screening for Compliance Teams

Learn to screen crypto wallets, assess on-chain exposure and turn a blockchain alert into a defensible compliance decision, self-paced, CPD-certified.

  • 3.5 hours total
  • Intermediate
  • English
  • Last Updated Recently
Compliant: EU, US, UK, UAE, and FATF
CPD-Certified Course
100% Online
Self-paced

Course Overview

This Blockchain Analytics and Wallet Risk Screening Course gives compliance teams a clear understanding of how wallet risk is assessed within crypto AML and financial crime controls.

You will learn how wallet screening supports crypto AML, KYT, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, Travel Rule operations, customer due diligence and blockchain investigations.

The course covers wallet addresses, risk scoring, transaction tracing concepts, high-risk wallets, mixers, bridges, DeFi exposure, darknet indicators, ransomware risk and audit-ready investigation records.

By the end, you will understand how wallet activity is reviewed, how risk indicators are interpreted and how blockchain intelligence can support stronger digital asset compliance controls.

Requirements

  • No advanced blockchain analytics experience is required
  • A basic understanding of AML, compliance, financial services or cryptoassets will be helpful
  • Suitable for beginner to intermediate learners
  • Ideal for compliance, AML, risk, audit and financial crime teams.
  • Designed for professionals who need to understand cryptoasset risk, wallet screening and transaction monitoring concepts.

What You'll Master

  • Understand how blockchain analytics supports wallet risk screening.
  • Recognise wallet exposure linked to sanctions, fraud and high-risk activity.
  • Interpret the purpose of wallet risk scoring and blockchain intelligence.
  • Identify common risk indicators linked to mixers, bridges, DeFi and darknet exposure.
  • Understand how on-chain findings relate to CDD, EDD and customer risk context.
  • Learn how investigation records support escalation, SAR consideration and audit readiness.

Why This Course Matters

Understand Wallet Risk in Crypto Compliance
Learn how wallet addresses, on-chain activity and blockchain intelligence can reveal potential financial crime risk across digital asset transactions.

Support AML and Sanctions Awareness
Understand how wallet screening alerts may relate to AML controls, sanctions exposure, Travel Rule considerations and customer due diligence.

Recognise High-Risk On-Chain Indicators
Explore how compliance teams identify risk signals linked to mixers, bridges, DeFi activity, darknet exposure, ransomware and high-risk wallets.

Improve Risk-Based Decision-Making
Gain clearer knowledge of how wallet risk information supports escalation, internal reviews, SAR consideration and audit-ready compliance records.

Strengthen Digital Asset Compliance Knowledge
Develop confidence in understanding blockchain analytics, wallet screening and crypto risk management across VASPs, exchanges, FinTechs and banks with crypto exposure.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is suitable for compliance and financial crime professionals who need to understand wallet risk, blockchain analytics and crypto transaction monitoring.

Ideal learners include:

  • AML Analysts
  • Crypto Compliance Officers
  • Transaction Monitoring Analysts
  • Wallet Risk Analysts
  • Blockchain Investigation Teams
  • MLRO support teams
  • Financial Crime Analysts
  • KYC and CDD Analysts
  • VASPs, crypto exchanges and custodian wallet providers
  • Banks and FinTech teams with crypto exposure

It is designed for beginner to intermediate learners who want structured knowledge of wallet screening, on-chain risk indicators, sanctions exposure and digital asset compliance.

Career Opportunities

This course can support career development in crypto compliance, AML operations, wallet risk screening, transaction monitoring and digital asset financial crime roles.

It is relevant for professionals working in crypto exchanges, custodian wallet providers, FinTech firms, banks with crypto exposure, blockchain analytics firms, payment companies, AML teams, sanctions teams, risk departments and compliance consultancies.

Relevant career paths include:

  • Crypto Compliance Analyst
  • Wallet Risk Analyst
  • Blockchain Investigation Analyst
  • AML Analyst
  • Transaction Monitoring Analyst
  • Financial Crime Analyst
  • Sanctions Screening Analyst
  • KYC or KYB Analyst
  • Compliance Officer
  • Crypto Risk Analyst
  • Digital Asset Compliance Consultant

Benefits of This Programme

  • Build confidence in blockchain analytics and wallet screening concepts.
  • Understand how high-risk wallets and suspicious transaction patterns are identified.
  • Strengthen awareness of crypto AML, sanctions and transaction monitoring controls.
  • Recognise risk indicators linked to mixers, bridges, DeFi, darknet markets and ransomware.
  • Understand how wallet activity relates to CDD, EDD and customer risk reviews.
  • Learn why clear investigation records matter for escalation and audit readiness.
  • Improve compliance judgement when reviewing wallet risk information.
  • Evidence your learning with a certificate of completion.

Certification

After completing the course and assessment, you will receive a certificate of completion.

This can help evidence your professional development in blockchain analytics, wallet risk screening, crypto AML, transaction monitoring and digital asset compliance.

You can add the certificate to your CV, LinkedIn profile, training record or internal compliance development plan.

Assessment

The course includes an online assessment to check your understanding of blockchain analytics, wallet risk screening and crypto compliance concepts.

Your result is shown after submission. If you do not pass on your first attempt, you can retake the assessment without paying an additional course fee.

Course Curriculum

Frequently Asked Questions

Blockchain analytics is the use of blockchain data, wallet information and transaction patterns to help compliance teams understand fund flows, identify risk exposure and investigate suspicious cryptoasset activity.

Wallet risk screening means checking wallet addresses and related blockchain activity for exposure to high-risk services, sanctioned wallets, suspicious clusters, fraud proceeds or other financial crime indicators.

This course is suitable for AML analysts, transaction monitoring teams, crypto compliance officers, wallet risk analysts, blockchain investigators, sanctions teams, MLRO support staff, internal auditors and consultants.

No advanced blockchain analytics experience is required. A basic understanding of AML, compliance, financial services or cryptoassets will be helpful.

You will learn about UK crypto financial crime risk, blockchain analytics foundations, wallet screening controls, high-risk wallet activity, UK regulatory duties, alert investigation, escalation, governance and audit readiness.

Yes. The course is useful for crypto exchanges because it explains how to screen wallets, review blockchain exposure, investigate alerts and escalate suspicious activity.

Yes. Custodian wallet providers can use this course to understand wallet exposure, custody-related risk, transaction screening, customer risk links and investigation workflows.

No. This course is for training and educational purposes only. Firms should seek professional legal or regulatory advice for specific AML, sanctions or wallet screening obligations.

Yes. Learners receive a certificate of completion after finishing the course.

Yes. The course is fully online and designed for flexible, self-paced learning, allowing learners to study at a time and place that suits them.

The course content should be reviewed and updated regularly to reflect changes in OFSI guidance, UK financial sanctions, cryptoasset risk typologies, blockchain analytics practices, reporting expectations and sanctions evasion methods.