ChainUp Strengthens Crypto Compliance Framework as Regulatory Pressure Intensifies

Quick Breakdown 

• ChainUp’s KYT Crypto Tracing Tool enables real-time monitoring of blockchain transactions, helping institutions comply with stricter AML regulations under frameworks like MiCA and DAC8.
• The platform uses predictive analytics and Address Bundling to detect coordinated wallet activity across multiple chains, addressing gaps in traditional rule-based monitoring.
• Recognized for excellence, the KYT solution won Best KYT/Transaction Monitoring Solution at the Regulation Asia Awards 2025, underscoring its role in the institutional crypto era.

ChainUp’s KYT Crypto Tracing Tool has been gaining momentum as digital asset rules tighten worldwide, helping position the company as a key infrastructure partner for institutions facing tougher compliance demands. Designed for financial institutions and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), the tool offers real-time blockchain transaction monitoring — a capability that’s becoming essential as regulators push for stronger AML controls under frameworks like MiCA and DAC8.

Rising compliance demands push institutions toward advanced monitoring

The rise of regulated digital asset products, such as Spot Bitcoin ETFs and tokenized real-world assets, is ushering in a more transparent and tightly governed era for the industry. Institutions now face heightened expectations to identify illicit flows, analyse cross-chain behaviour, and process large volumes of blockchain data without delay.

ChainUp’s KYT system was engineered to address these new realities. It moves beyond traditional rule-based monitoring, integrating predictive analytics and deep data mapping to detect patterns that legacy solutions often miss: a core feature, Address Bundling, links related wallet activities to reveal networks of coordinated behaviour.

Market observers note that financial firms are shifting toward compliance-first infrastructure, seeking tools that deliver accuracy, speed, and institutional-grade visibility across on-chain transactions.

KYT tool recognized as critical infrastructure in a regulated crypto era

ChainUp’s technology has earned strong recognition in the regtech space, recently taking home the Best KYT/Transaction Monitoring Solution at the Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2025. It’s the company’s second major compliance-related honour this year, highlighting how its tools are helping firms keep pace as blockchain oversight grows and regulatory standards become more demanding.

Founder and CEO Sailor Zhong emphasized that the industry has entered a phase where real-time monitoring tools are indispensable:

“As institutional capital moves on-chain, firms require certainty and intelligence that match the pace of regulation. Compliance technology is now the foundation of responsible digital asset growth.”

Notably, at the World Family Office Forum Asia, Amanda He, Chief Investment Officer at ChainUp Investment, noted that Bitcoin’s recent surge marks the real start of the institutional era for digital assets . She emphasized that, unlike past speculative run-ups, today’s growth is driven by broader, more fundamental adoption.