Digital Assets & Blockchain

Building blocks for securing trusted connections in a sustainable crypto ecosystem

Protiviti provides end-to-end solutions and professional services to organisations engaged with blockchain and digital assets. These services range from product/use case assessment, advisory, strategy, architecture, build, testing, security and privacy, risk and compliance and internal audit solutions. They are offered to clients building products and services on blockchain-based infrastructure and financial services intermediaries enabling the custody and trading of digital assets. Our team of experts with cross-functional skills in Technology, Payments, Regulation, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance work as an integrated team to deliver services to Crypto native clients, Blockchain based Fintech firms and Traditional Finance institutions.

We advise our clients to actively prepare for a future of tokenised and natively digital assets as they recognise the transformative impact Blockchain will have on systems, processes and operating models. Our technology experts help enterprises navigate the complexity of the innovative technology trends by aligning them with business context and incorporating deep expertise in risk and regulations to holistically assess the considerations for scaling products and services using digital assets and blockchain based infrastructure.

Blockchain Product Strategy & Advisement

Our subject-matter advisors partner with you to scope and develop strategies to leverage blockchain based infrastructure aligned to your business strategy and goals.

Asset Tokenisation, Wallet Integration, Smart Contract Development

We offer wallet development and integration services and custom application development on various Blockchain technology stacks.

Risk and Compliance

Working with various types of crypto-related firms, we tailor solutions from strategy to operations, and ensure compliance with regulations to identify and mitigate risks, address and remediate enforcement actions and ensure an overall effective and scalable programme for your firm.

Internal Audit & Financial Advisory

Our Internal Audit & Financial Advisory solutions helps Crypto companies establish, mature, and right size their internal control framework and independent assurance function.

Web3 Application DApp Testing

We provide full-service security review and testing of your hybrid web2/web3 applications (frontend, backend, and web3) as well as web3-native Dapps.

Smart Contract and Token Review

Protiviti offers security review, testing of Smart Contracts and Tokens. We provide recommendations and remediation measures through industry-leading best practices for securing digital assets.

Wallet Security Review

Protiviti provides full security review of your Web3 Wallet application including static scans, testing and security focus on known exploits for blockchain wallet applications.

Crypto and the Travel Rule: What’s Going On?

Navigate crypto Travel Rule compliance: understanding its impact, the need for flexible solutions, and areas of focus for implementation.

Blockchain Coinvestors CEO: If U.S. government won’t lead on innovation, get out of the way

Matthew Le Merle, managing partner and CEO of Blockchain Coinvestors, which provides a broad coverage of the fastest growth blockchain companies and crypto projects, sat down with Lata Varghese, Protiviti Managing Director, Digital Assets and Blockchain Solutions, to discuss the dichotomy between regulation and innovation in government as it relates to fintech.

Risky Women Podcast | Top Compliance Priorities 2024

In this episode of Risky Women Radio, host Kimberley Cole, CEO of the Risky Women organisation kicks off Series 7 by discussing the predictions for 2024 in the field of risk regulation and compliance.

Innovation versus regulation and the future of digital banking with Blockchain Coinvestors CEO

In this VISION by Protiviti podcast, Protiviti’s Lata Varghese, Managing Director, Digital Assets and Blockchain Solutions lead, interviews Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner and CEO of Blockchain Coinvestors, which he launched in 2014 with the goal of providing broad coverage of the fastest growth blockchain companies and crypto projects.

Blockchain/Web3 Startup Blocks Gaps and Improves AWS Security Posture

A blockchain/web3 startup engaged Protiviti to review their AWS environment. While getting the product to market as fast as possible was a primary goal for the client, security was an afterthought in many scenarios.