We provide a wide range of crypto services to hundreds of thousands of purchasers in 190+ nations. Final yr, we obtained information requests from regulation enforcement and authorities companies positioned in 71 nations.
Mixed world regulation enforcement and regulatory company requests elevated 38.6% in 2024 vs. 2023
U.S. companies issued 28.6% of all information requests in 2024
Kraken obtained 6,826 information requests in 2024; the U.S. issued essentially the most (1,951) of any nation, because it has in prior years. The FBI had essentially the most requests (614) of any U.S. company:
Whereas U.S. company requests had been unfold throughout the federal, state and native ranges, a lot of the requests obtained had been from regulation enforcement companies. The most typical requests from U.S. companies for which information was offered had been:
Whereas the SEC represented simply 1.9% of complete U.S. company requests, they issued 37.3% of all U.S. regulatory company requests:
We offered information for 57% of requests
Information was requested for 10,369 complete accounts – most frequently for purchasers positioned within the U.S. (34.5%), the U.Ok. (8.8%) and Germany (8.5%).
Many kinds of data requests are obtained, and Kraken has strict insurance policies and procedures to adjust to legal guidelines and laws and defend consumer privateness whereas supplying information when we’ve a authorized obligation to take action.
Pushed by our devoted crew of compliance consultants
Our Compliance Group consists of seasoned AML professionals, attorneys, former regulation enforcement officers, Affiliation of Licensed Anti-Cash Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)-certified analysts and lots of different professionals with cryptocurrency-related accreditations.
They work to make sure we conduct applicable investigations and monitoring for our purchasers and the business. To effectively and professionally meet regulation enforcement and regulatory company requests, we proceed to increase and strengthen our compliance program.
Business-leading information safety practices
The privateness of your private data is essential to us. We relentlessly work to guard your data by the devoted design efforts of our Safety Group in addition to our Information Privateness crew. For greater than a decade, we’ve been constructing an business main safety follow led by a number of the prime safety consultants on the earth:
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