Chainalysis Adds Real-Time Transaction Monitoring for 4 More Cryptos

Blockchain compliance startup Chainalysis has added four more cryptocurrencies to its real-time transaction monitoring tool.

The newly supported coins are Binance's native token Binance Coin and three stablecoins - Gemini dollar, Tether and Circle's USD Coin - Chainalysis said Wednesday.

"As a New York trust company, we are required to monitor transactions onto and off of our platform," said crypto exchange Gemini's chief compliance officer, Michael Breu.

"Automated solutions like Chainalysis help us fulfill our regulatory obligations."

The additions mean Chainalysis' anti-money laundering compliance solution, Chainalysis KYT, now supports a total of 10 cryptocurrencies.

The solution already supported six cryptocurrencies: bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, litecoin and the stablecoins TrustToken's TrueUSD and Paxos Standard.

The support of additional cryptocurrencies comes in anticipation of regulatory guidance from the Financial Action Task Force, a global money-laundering watchdog, which will provide clarity on how cryptocurrencies should be regulated over 180 countries, Chainalysis said.

"Chainalysis is prepared to equip businesses with automated transaction monitoring for currencies beyond bitcoin. We expect that the launch of these multiple currency capabilities will help shape FATF guidance on the sector and help move away from technically infeasible solutions to more pragmatic recommendations."

With Chainalysis having recently rebuilt its technology to scale and support more blockchains, the firm will be able to add new cryptocurrencies more quickly, Levin added in the announcement.

The startup's blockchain investigation tool, Chainalysis Reactor, now also supports the same 10 cryptocurrencies, which it says represent 85 percent of the top 25 coins by trading volume.