Moody's Financial Research has partnered with blockchain analytics specialist Elliptic to enhance risk screening capabilities for virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The collaboration will integrate on- and off-chain data, including digital asset transaction histories, financial records and regulatory databases, to provide a more comprehensive VASPs threat and risk assessment. The parties plan to use this information to create an "integrated risk engine" to help traditional financial services more effectively address anti-money laundering and compliance challenges. Elliptic's Holistic technology will play a key role in the service, tracking the flow of proceeds of crime between blockchains in an efficient, scalable way.