Kenya’s Markets Regulator Seeks Blockchain Tool to Track Crypto Crime
The post Kenya’s Markets Regulator Seeks Blockchain Tool to Track Crypto Crime appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority is seeking to buy a blockchain analytics platform to police the country’s virtual assets market. The tool would monitor Bitcoin, Ethereum, and at least 20 other networks to flag fraud, money laundering, terrorism financing, and sanctions evasion. The move follows the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act of 2025, which brought Kenya’s crypto sector under formal regulation for the first time. Kenya’s securities regulator wants to buy a blockchain surveillance system to help police the country’s fast-growing crypto market, as it prepares to license and supervise virtual asset firms under a new law. The Capital Markets Authority is seeking an advanced blockchain analytics platform to monitor digital asset transactions, investigate suspicious activity, and enforce compliance, according to tender documents seen by Capital FM Africa. Th