Case Study

AnChain.AI Empowers Big Four Accounting Firms To Tackle Rising Digital Asset Risk Compliance Demands

September 29, 2025

Customer Background

One of the Big Four accounting firms, (Client), operating in over 150 countries with more than 360,000 professionals has been at the forefront of digital asset adoption. Its Digital Assets and Blockchain team serves clients across banking, asset management, and fintech, with mandates ranging from tokenization audits and DeFi risk reviews to AML/KYC compliance investigations.

In 2025, among many other cases, this accounting firm leveraged AnChain.AI platform to support a private client holding over ~$2 Million of Bitcoins originally purchased in 2013 and other crypto currencies through early exchanges and peer-to-peer trades. With plans to liquidate, the client’s financial institution required a bank-ready AML compliance report proving legitimate provenance of funds.

Industry context:

In 2024, the number of cryptocurrency owners globally reached 562 million people, a 34% increase from 420 million in 2023. TripleA Global Crypto Adoption Report.
Banks and custodians faced rising regulatory scrutiny under frameworks like the GENIUS Act (U.S.) and MiCA (EU).
Surveys showed In 2024, 47% of traditional hedge funds reported having exposure to digital assets—up from 29% in 2023 and 37% in 2022. (PwC Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report).

After rigorous product selection, Client chose AnChain.AI industry leading AI-powered digital asset risk platform to deliver comprehensive blockchain forensics , cutting through complex wallet flows.

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Testimonial

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“At our accounting firm, We’re committed to helping clients navigate digital assets with confidence. AnChain.AI’s digital asset risk analytics streamline our operations and provide deeper insights into DeFi and smart contract risks, enabling us to deliver stronger safeguards for our clients. Beyond the technology, AnChain.AI’s team has been an amazing partner — responsive, collaborative, and always supportive of our needs.”

— Digital Asset Manager, Big Four Accounting Firm

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Business Impact

⏱ 500% Faster vs. manual tracing, reducing weeks of forensic work to days, powered by AnChain.AI Auto Trace AI and Auto Report AI.

📄 Bank-Ready Report with audit-grade graphs and compliance annotations.

💰 Million dollar cryptocurrency liquidation approved

📊 Strategic Insight: strengthened its digital assets risk playbook, supporting repeatable workflows for similar client needs.

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Workflow Automation

To solve this high-stakes compliance challenge, Client leverages AnChain.AI workflow automation process that streamlined the entire investigation — from tracing fragmented historical transactions to delivering a regulator-ready compliance report.
The workflow combined Client's forensic expertise with AnChain.AI’s advanced tracing, clustering, and automated reporting capabilities, ensuring speed, accuracy, and transparency at every stage.

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1. Establishing Ownership & Origins

Inputs: dozens of their client’s historical wallets, partial receipts, exchange references (BTC-e, Binance), and final receiving wallet.
Challenge: exchange closures, lost intermediate wallets, fragmented records.

2. Multi-Hop Transaction Reconstruction with AnChain.AI

Automated Graph Tracing: Identified transfers across personal, exchange, and unknown wallets.
Forensic Heuristics: Applied entity clustering to detect exchange hot/cold wallets and reduce false gaps.
Risk Alerts: Flagged any exposure to high-risk entities (e.g., mixers, sanctioned wallets).
Outcome: >80% chain reconstructed, visualized in an interactive graph.
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**Multi-Hop Transaction Reconstruction with AnChain.AI "Auto Trace" AI Agent**

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3. Compliance Report Creation

AnChain.AI Auto Report AI agent created the blockchain transaction forensics report in seconds, for the Client's analysts to review.
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Analysts annotated wallet flows with CISO’s graphing interface.
Sanction Screening API checked against OFAC, EU, UN, and 100+ global lists.

4. Bank Submission & Approval

Accounting firm delivered the AML walkthrough with visual graphs.
The bank validated ownership, confirmed no illicit ties, and approved liquidation.

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Broader Value Proposition

This Big Four accounting firm and AnChain.AI partnership demonstrates how top global firms can stay ahead of regulatory demands in digital assets. As more institutions engage in DeFi, RWA, and tokenization, robust AML, provenance, and risk analytics are no longer optional — they are essential.

AnChain.AI acts as the risk layer of digital assets, empowering industry leaders like Big Four accounting firms to deliver trust, transparency, and compliance at scale.

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Conclusion

By combining Big Four accounting firms' professional services expertise with AnChain.AI’s agentic AI-powered digital asset risk platform, this engagement proved that legacy crypto assets can be de-risked and liquidated within modern AML risk frameworks.

Clientdelivered a client win, strengthened its industry reputation, and showcased how digital asset compliance can evolve from manual, fragmented work → automated, AI-powered trust.

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