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Course: AML checks for crypto wallets

A full course in English: from “what is AML” to your own AML policy, with breakdowns of real famous cases. Step-by-step lessons, real annotated blockchain screenshots, diagrams and video lessons.

12sections
69lessons
13video lessons
18figures
9case studies
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AML basics

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1.1What AML/CFT is and why it matters to youvideo 1.2FATF, VASP and the Travel Rule 1.3The three stages of laundering 1.4KYC, KYT and CDD in plain words
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The blockchain for an analyst

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2.1Addresses, keys and signatures 2.2UTXO vs the account model 2.3Reading a transaction in the explorervideo 2.4Reading an address page 2.5Tokens, stablecoins and Token transfers 2.6Transaction graph and clustering 2.7Internal transactions and smart contracts
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Sources of risk

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3.1Sanctions: OFAC, EU, UK 3.2Mixers and tumblersvideo 3.3Darknet, extortion and theft 3.4Scams and phishing 3.5High-risk exchanges, gambling and P2P 3.6CFT: terrorism financing 3.7NFTs and wash trading
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Risk scoring

4.1Exposure and multi-hop taintvideo 4.2Category weights, direction, recency 4.3Why services disagree: consensus 4.4False positives
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The analyst’s tools

5.1Blockchain explorers 5.2Sanctions lists, labels, on-chain checks 5.3Chainalysis, TRM, Elliptic, MistTrack 5.4API and automation 5.5Address monitoring
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Practice

6.1The 10-step wallet checklistvideo 6.2Case “clean”: private trader 6.3Case “grey”: indirect risk 6.4Case “dangerous”: sanctions 6.5Case: a P2P deal 6.6Case: an exchanger at intake
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Laundering typologies

7.1Peel chainvideo 7.2Smurfing / structuring 7.3Laundering through mixers 7.4Chain-hopping 7.5Address poisoning 7.6Nested exchanges, dusting 7.7Flash-loan attacks 7.8Approval phishing and drainers
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Freezes

8.1Exchange freeze: the protocol 8.2Issuer freeze: USDT/USDC 8.3P2P chargeback 8.4Crypto taxes and reporting
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Sanctions & AML for business

9.1Mapping the sanctions lists 9.2Travel Rule, KYC/CDD and KYT 9.3A minimal AML policy 9.4VASP licensing and registration 9.5Suspicious activity reporting (SAR/STR)
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Network specifics

10.1Bitcoin: UTXO, clustering 10.2TRON and USDT-TRC20 10.3Solana and TON 10.4BSC and L2 (Base, Arbitrum, Polygon) 10.5Privacy coins: Monero, Zcash
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Famous case studies

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11.1Bitfinex → $3.6B seizurevideo 11.2Colonial Pipeline: FBI clawbackvideo 11.3Ronin: Lazarus stole $625Mvideo 11.4Bybit 2025: largest hack evervideo 11.5Tornado Cash sanctionsvideo 11.6Mt.Gox: 850,000 BTC 11.7Silk Road and Hydra 11.8Lazarus Group: DPRK 11.9Address poisoning: $68M 11.10ZachXBT and on-chain detectivesvideo
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Voices of the industry

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12.1“Not your keys, not your coins” 12.2Privacy vs transparency 12.3On-chain detectives and transparency 12.4Compliance from the exchanges’ view
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Case-study article

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Address poisoning: how $68M is stolen in one transactionvideo