So, your company’s diving into the wild world of digital asset M&A, eh? Congrats! 🎉 But hold your champagne, darling, because you’re not just acquiring a fancy tech stack and a few crypto bros in hoodies. Oh no. You’re inheriting every single onchain transaction that’s ever happened on that blockchain. Every. Single. One. 🍿 From the utterly mundane (like someone buying a digital cat 🐱) to the downright sketchy (like, uh, sanctioned entities or money laundering schemes 💰🚔). Fun times!
those blockchain transactions aren’t just background noise. They’re screaming risk signals. Ignore them, and you might as well be playing Russian roulette with your company’s reputation. 💥
Traditional risk assessments? Darling, they’re so last season. Balance sheets, leadership, reputation-they’re essential, but they’re like wearing a bikini in Antarctica. 🥶 You need onchain data to fill in the gaps. Otherwise, you’re flying blind, and that’s a one-way ticket to Liabilityville. 🚂
Onchain Data: The Snitch You Need 🕵️♂️
Traditional due diligence is like checking the weather before a picnic-necessary, but it won’t tell you if there’s a bear in the woods. 🐻 Onchain data, on the other hand, is the bear. It reveals ties to sanctioned entities, mixers, and even darknet marketplaces. Oh, and governance centralization? That’s just the blockchain’s way of saying, “Surprise! You’re not as decentralized as you thought.” 🎁
Take this gem: A digital asset firm passes all the traditional checks, but their blockchain transactions show they’ve been cozying up to high-risk wallets. Mixers? Check. Darknet interactions? Double check. 🚩 Suddenly, that “clean” acquisition looks like a ticking time bomb. ⏲️
And let’s not forget FTX. Blockchain data flagged low liquidity and shady fund movements, but it didn’t catch Sam Bankman-Fried’s little “customer fund commingling” hobby. Moral of the story? You need both onchain and off-chain insights to avoid a full-blown disaster. 🌋
Hybrid Approach: Because One Tool Doesn’t Fit All 🛠️
Here’s the tea: a hybrid, data-first framework is the only way to navigate this crypto-meets-finance chaos. It’s like pairing wine with cheese-except instead of wine and cheese, it’s blockchain data and traditional risk assessments. 🧀🍷 And with 83% of institutional investors eyeing digital assets, you better bring your A-game. 💼
Trust is the glue holding M&A deals together, and blockchain’s immutable trails are like super glue. But only if you’re asking the right questions and using the right data. Otherwise, you’re just sticking band-aids on a bullet wound. 🩹
So, as we bridge the old and new worlds of finance, let’s evolve our risk management too. Because the future depends on it. And darling, you don’t want to be left behind. 🚀
Liat Shetret is the VP of Global Policy and Regulation at Elliptic. She’s basically the Sherlock Holmes of crypto compliance, shaping risk frameworks worldwide. With nearly 20 years of experience, she’s the person you want in your corner when navigating this blockchain jungle. 🕵️♀️✨
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