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AML Foundations for Cryptoasset and Blockchain

- Overview: Exploring different types of financial offenses and crimes in the crypto sectors.
- Risk management: Understanding risk in the context of cryptocurrencies and how to manage it.
- Compliance programs: Basic rules for compliance in the crypto and blockchain space.
- Regulatory understanding: Learn about global and regional regulations governing cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
- Industry specifics: Business and ML/TF specifics in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.
- Ethics and conduct: Understanding ethical behavior within the crypto and blockchain industries.
- Practical application: Applying AML/CTF+ principles and scenarios through case studies relevant to cryptoasset and blockchain.









Certify your employees with globally recognised AML certification. AML Foundations for Crypto is ideal for new hires, frontline staff, and professionals seeking a strong understanding of AML principles in the crypto sector. A structured, scalable, and cost-effective way to build essential compliance knowledge and ensure regulatory alignment across industries.
This course primarily introduces students to money laundering, terrorist financing prevention measures, and related financial crimes (AML/CTF+). After that, they will have a strong grounding in fundamental principles, key terms, and skills for countering financial crime, with an emphasis on crypto, blockchain, and their regulatory environment.

- Finding out more about financial crimes and the underlying offenses, and how they are motivated, planned, and what the consequences are.
- Understanding risks and risk management.
- Getting more info about elements of compliance programs aimed at managing risk and practical considerations.
- Learning how to identify and mitigate risks associated with financial crimes while deciding when to end business relationships.
- Learning about regulators, complying with regulations, and avoiding non-compliance.
- Recognizing why a Code of Ethics differs from a Code of Conduct.
The material is carefully designed by renowned industry experts who have gathered their intellectual resources into this highly diverse program.
Animated videos and schemes explain nuanced concepts, enhancing recall and forming part of the learning experience.
Begin your journey to becoming an Anti-Financial Crime Specialist in the crypto sector through AML Foundations for Crypto, which forms the basis of proficiency required in this fast-changing field.

The AML Crypto course is provided by the AML Certification Centre and structured to cover the fundamentals of anti-financial crime in the context of aspiring personnel working in сryptocurrencies. Here are some details about the course and its qualifications:
- Method of learning: online.
- Duration of course materials: 10 hours.
- Duration of video materials: 3 hours.
- Format: videos, texts, diagrams.
- Practical materials: included.
- Interactive quizzes: included.
- Final exam: has 30 questions.
- Duration of Final Exam: 60 minutes.
- Exam passing threshold: 80%

On successful completion of the Anti-Money Laundering course for Crypto, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from the AML Certification Center. This certificate confirms your knowledge on AML/CTF+ basics, demonstrating your understanding of anti-financial crime principles and compliance with financial integrity measures in relation to cryptoasset and blockchain technologies.


- Have basic computer skills as well as internet literacy.
- English proficiency level not below B2.
- Demonstrate an earnest interest in learning about money laundering concepts, including terrorism financing, combating terrorist financing, proliferation finance, etc., besides other forms of financial offenses.
- Show determination to pursue a profession in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector.
Finishing the course means that besides improving your knowledge and abilities on anti-financial crime issues, you also recognize professional development as well as expertise in such a critical field.


- What are Financial Crimes?
- Typology of Financial Crimes
- Consequences and Impacts of Financial Crime


- Understanding of Risk
- What is Financial Crime Risk?
- Risk Management in AML/CTF+ and Financial Crime
- The importance of financial crime risk management
- How FC risk is managed?


- Understanding of Compliance Program
- Foundations of Compliance Programs
- Foundations of KYC
- Foundations of Ongoing Due Diligence
- Sanctions Compliance
- What is Reporting of Suspicious Financial Activities (SAR/STR)?
- Termination of Business Relationship


Understanding of different business sectors


- International Organisations and Frameworks in AML/CTF+
- Who is the Regulator?
- AML/CTF+ difference by country and industry
- Consequences of non-compliance


- Importance of Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct
- Comparison of Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct


- Introduction to blockchain
- Understanding the AML/CTF+ Specifics
- Understanding the VASPs Business
- VASP ML/TF+ Common Risks
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