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Built for Australian exchanges, custodians, brokers, transfer providers and other VASPs

AML/CTF software for Australian virtual asset service providers

Customer, wallet, transfer and counterparty-centred AML/CTF workflows for Australian VASPs, including service scope, CDD, transaction monitoring, Travel Rule evidence and suspicious-matter escalation.

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Designated services this workflow recognises

The legal trigger is the service being provided, not the professional title. The workspace records a decision for each engagement or matter.

  • Exchanging virtual assets for money, or arranging that exchange
  • Exchanging one virtual asset for another, or arranging that exchange
  • Accepting instructions to transfer virtual assets or making transferred value available
  • Providing a virtual-asset safekeeping service
  • Providing financial services connected with a virtual-asset offer or sale while participating in that offer or sale

See a virtual-asset service or transfer move through the workspace

This representative, fictional record uses the same terminology and sequence shown to virtual asset service providers in Cassandra AML. No personal information is shown.

Virtual-asset activity example

Fictional customer outbound transfer

Wallet and transfer review

Customer and virtual-asset activity record

Fictional customer outbound transfer

VAS-2026-071

Service
Customer instruction to transfer virtual assets
Asset and network
USDC on Ethereum
Destination
Self-hosted wallet declared by payee

Next actionComplete wallet due diligence and transfer-message controls before release.

Virtual-asset customer work

  1. Add the customerComplete

    Create the individual or entity customer record, establish authority and complete the required ownership and customer-risk checks.

  2. Classify the virtual-asset serviceComplete

    Record whether the business exchanges, transfers, safeguards, arranges or supports an offer or sale, with the customer instruction and Australian geographical link.

  3. Check wallets, counterparties and transfer dataCurrent

    Record asset and network, wallet type, counterparty VASP status, jurisdiction, transfer-message status and reliable blockchain-risk evidence without storing private keys.

  4. 4
    Monitor, decide and retainNext

    Apply ongoing transaction monitoring, sanctions and suspicious-matter escalation, travel-rule controls, reporting decisions and seven-year evidence retention.

Evidence ready for organisation review

  • AUSTRAC VASP registration or application reference and service catalogue
  • Customer, representative, beneficial-owner and authority records
  • Asset, network, wallet classification, transaction hash and counterparty-VASP evidence
  • Travel Rule collection, verification, secure-transmission or withholding reasons
  • Transaction-monitoring alerts, investigation, reporting and retention evidence

Cassandra AML assists your compliance work; it does not provide legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Practical AML/CTF guidance for Virtual asset service providers

Start with the profession pillar, then use the focused guides for the exact service, customer or control you are handling. Each article links to primary AUSTRAC or legislative material.

7 min guide

VASP AML/CTF guide

A practical guide to Australia's virtual asset designated services, registration, AML/CTF program, CDD, travel rule, monitoring, reporting and record-keeping obligations.

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6 min guide

VASP registration transition

What Australian virtual asset businesses must do after the 29 July 2026 transition deadline, including registration, legacy DCE transition and commencement dates.

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6 min guide

Virtual asset travel rule

A role-based guide to payer, payee and tracing information, custodial and self-hosted wallets, secure transfer messages and travel-rule records in Australia.

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5 min guide

Self-hosted wallet due diligence

A practical, risk-based workflow for classifying self-hosted wallets, identifying controllers, assessing blockchain exposure and documenting transfer decisions.

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6 min guide

VASP CDD and ownership

A practical CDD workflow for VASP customers, representatives and beneficial owners, including purpose, expected activity, PEPs and enhanced CDD triggers.

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6 min guide

VASP monitoring and red flags

How Australian VASPs combine on-chain and off-chain monitoring, design risk-based alerts, investigate red flags and escalate suspicious matters.

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7 min guide

VASP reporting and records

A current guide to SMRs, TTRs, IFTIs, future IVTS and self-hosted-wallet reports, plus seven-year transaction, CDD and travel-rule records.

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Questions virtual asset service providers ask

Are all virtual asset service providers automatically regulated by AUSTRAC?

No. AML/CTF status depends on whether the business provides a designated service with the required Australian geographical link, not the professional title alone. Assess each service and obtain advice where the boundary is uncertain.

What should virtual asset service providers record for an AML/CTF review?

Keep the service-scope decision, customer and beneficial-owner evidence, risk assessment, screening and escalation decisions, approvals, reporting records, training and current program governance evidence.

Does Cassandra AML replace legal or regulatory advice?

No. Cassandra AML organises compliance work and evidence. It does not give legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Connect the customer, wallet, transfer and decision in one evidence trail.

Open a VASP workspace with service classification, wallet and counterparty due diligence, Travel Rule status, transaction monitoring and escalation built into the customer workflow.

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