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title: "AML Conversations: Exploring Blockchain Hops and Risk in Crypto Compliance"
description: Explore blockchain hops & crypto compliance in AML Conversations with David Lutz—risk, regulations & strategies for financial institutions.
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# [AML Conversations: Exploring Blockchain Hops and Risk in Crypto Compliance](https://www.amlrightsource.com/resources/exploring-blockchain-hops-and-risk-in-crypto-compliance)

 Written by [AML RightSource](https://www.amlrightsource.com/resources/author/aml-rightsource) | May 15, 2025

In this episode of *AML Conversations*, Joe McNamara sits down with David Lutz, Senior Director of the Financial Crimes Advisory group at AML RightSource, to demystify the concept of **blockchain hops** and explore the evolving challenges in crypto compliance. The conversation highlights the nuances of tracing crypto transactions across multiple intermediaries and the balance between leveraging blockchain data and establishing defensible, risk-based compliance frameworks. They also discuss the implications of blockchain immutability, the regulator’s perspective, and the necessary institutional readiness to engage in the digital assets space.

 

**White Paper - **[Risk and Control Measures for Bank Crypto Engagement](https://info.amlrightsource.com/risk-and-control-measures-for-bank-crypto-engagement-guide)

 

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