Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority aims to track digital asset transactions across 20+ blockchains to enforce compliance under new crypto laws.
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority is seeking a blockchain analytics platform to monitor cryptocurrency transactions and enforce regulatory compliance. The tool will track Bitcoin, Ethereum, and at least 20 other networks in real time and retrospectively to flag fraud, money laundering, and sanctions evasion.
The system will generate alerts for high-risk wallets, large transfers, and darknet-linked addresses, while screening transactions against UN and U.S. sanctions lists. It will also map wallet relationships, reconstruct transaction timelines, and assign risk scores for illicit activities.
The move follows the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act of 2025, which brought Kenya’s crypto sector under formal oversight for the first time. The regulator plans to license and supervise virtual asset firms using the new tool.