Highlights
- Enterprise customers have integrated access to real-time transaction monitoring and compliance tools directly from within their custody dashboard.
- North American cryptocurrency trading hit $2.3 trillion as institutional adoption and favorable regulation drove unprecedented market growth.
- Traditional financial giants, including Citibank, are strategically investing in blockchain infrastructure providers to capture digital asset opportunities.
BVNK has expanded its partnership with Chainalytic to integrate Know-Your-Transaction (KYT) tools into the digital banking platform’s Layer1 self-custodial infrastructure.
According to a December 13 press release, enterprise customers using BVNK’s Layer1 self-hosted, self-custody platform can now access Chainalytic’s suite of KYT tools, including real-time cryptocurrency compliance intelligence within their dashboard and plug-and-play functionality through the company’s Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) model.
The tool provides the security and data management services needed to comply with industry regulations and allows businesses to review risk scores, monitor addresses, and freeze high-risk transactions within the UI.
🤝 We @BVNKFinance. Chainalytic KYT now connects directly to the new Layer1 platform, allowing teams to connect API keys, view real-time risk, and freeze high-risk transactions without leaving the payments stack.
✅ Compliance is built-in to self-hosting… pic.twitter.com/K6BzHyGWGk
— Chainalytic (@chainalytic) January 13, 2026
Digital assets reach widespread enterprise adoption
As Coinspeaker reported in September 2025, North American cryptocurrency trading volume reached $2.3 trillion between July 2024 and June 2025, accounting for 26% of total global trading activity over the 12-month period.
According to Chainalysis, this activity was driven by a more favorable regulatory outlook and the passage of the GENIUS Act, the industry’s increased adoption of institutional trading strategies, and the rise of spot Bitcoin.
BTC
$93497
24-hour volatility:
2.0%
Market capitalization:
$1.87T
Vol. 24 hours:
$50.74B
And Ethereum
ETH
$3200
24-hour volatility:
3.0%
Market capitalization:
$386.60B
Vol. 24 hours:
$25.60B
Rising popularity of ETFs and tokenized real assets.
Cryptocurrency and corporate digital asset adoption will reach an all-time high in 2025. The onset of a positive global regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies and the surge in popularity of stablecoins have established blockchain-based companies such as BVNK as key providers of digital asset solutions.
As a result, traditional financial organizations are starting to penetrate the cryptocurrency and web3 markets. For example, Citibank, the third-largest U.S. bank, recently invested an undisclosed amount in BVNK as part of a strategic partnership. At the time, the value of BVNK was reportedly over $750 million and Bitcoin was hitting new all-time highs.
Ahead of the BVNK partnership, Citibank CEO Jane Fraser said in July that the bank was exploring the development of a Citi-backed stablecoin and was seeking to expand its cross-border remittance capabilities.
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Tristan is a technology journalist and editorial leader with 8 years of experience in science, deep tech, finance, politics and business. Before joining Coinspeaker, he wrote for Cointelegraph and TNW.
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