# Cointegrity — AI Information File > This file is provided for AI assistants, LLMs, and automated research tools to > understand Cointegrity's services, content, and site structure without executing > JavaScript. For the full machine-readable index see /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt. Last updated: 2026-06-02 --- ## What is Cointegrity? Cointegrity is a compliance-first venture studio headquartered in Oslo, Norway, building institutional digital asset infrastructure for clients worldwide across Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa. Founded by operators with deep experience in regulated exchanges, trading, AI engineering, and financial crime prevention, the firm helps institutions, token issuers, and fintechs navigate digital asset regulation, payments, tokenization, and production infrastructure. Contact: hello@cointegrity.io Website: https://cointegrity.io --- ## What services does Cointegrity offer? - **Web3 Strategy & Digital Transformation** — Board-level advisory on blockchain adoption, tokenisation roadmaps, and digital asset infrastructure design. - **Tokenomics Design** — Economic modelling, token distribution strategies, vesting schedules, and incentive mechanism design for token-based projects. - **MiCA Regulatory Compliance** — End-to-end support for the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation: gap analysis, whitepaper review, VASP licensing, and ongoing compliance programme management. - **Blockchain Architecture & Smart Contracts** — Technical architecture review, smart contract design, multi-chain strategy, and Layer 2 integration. - **Digital Asset Management & Custody** — Institutional custody strategy, key management frameworks, and self-custody governance. - **DeFi Protocol Strategy** — Liquidity design, protocol governance, risk architecture, and DeFi integration for traditional financial institutions. - **RWA Tokenisation** — Real-world asset tokenisation frameworks for securities, real estate, commodities, and money-market instruments. --- ## What is MiCA? MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) is the European Union's comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets. It entered into force in June 2023 and applies in full from 30 December 2024. MiCA covers: - Asset-Referenced Tokens (ARTs) and E-Money Tokens (EMTs) — stablecoins - Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs) — exchanges, brokers, custodians - Utility tokens and other crypto-assets MiCA requires issuers to publish a crypto-asset whitepaper and obtain CASP authorisation from a national competent authority (NCA) in an EU member state. Cointegrity's MiCA-Ready SaaS platform automates significant portions of the compliance workflow. More: https://cointegrity.io/mica-ready-waitlist/ --- ## What is the Cointegrity Web3 Glossary? The Cointegrity Web3 Glossary is the world's largest expert-curated reference for Web3, blockchain, DeFi, and crypto-asset terminology. It contains 2085+ terms across 25 specialist categories. Each term includes a plain-English definition, related terms, and category tags. URL: https://cointegrity.io/glossary/ Full machine-readable index (terms grouped by category): https://cointegrity.io/llms-full.txt ### Glossary Category Index | Category | URL | Terms | Description | |----------|-----|-------|-------------| | Blockchain Technology | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/blockchain-technology/ | 380 | Consensus mechanisms, cryptographic primitives, distributed ledger fundamentals, nodes, forks, and protocol architecture. | | Infrastructure & Applications | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/infrastructure-applications/ | 261 | Protocols, tooling, developer infrastructure, oracles, bridges, and application-layer frameworks. | | DeFi (Decentralised Finance) | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/defi/ | 247 | AMMs, lending protocols, yield farming, liquidity pools, DEXs, flash loans, and stablecoin mechanisms. | | AI × Web3 | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/ai-data/ | 225 | AI agents, decentralised AI, tokenised ML models, on-chain inference, and AI × blockchain convergence. | | Social & Community | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/social-community/ | 220 | DAOs, governance, community tokens, social tokens, reputation systems, and Web3 social platforms. | | Compliance & AML | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/compliance/ | 182 | AML, KYC, CFT, sanctions screening, dark markets, ransomware, illicit finance typologies. | | Exchanges & Trading | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/exchanges-trading/ | 181 | Centralised and decentralised exchanges, order books, market making, trading strategies, and derivatives. | | Wallets & Security | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/wallets-security/ | 155 | Hot and cold wallets, hardware security modules, key management, multisig, and custody solutions. | | Regulatory Frameworks | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/regulatory-frameworks/ | 147 | MiCA, FATF Travel Rule, EU sanctions packages, VASP licensing, SEC/CFTC jurisdiction, and global crypto regulation. | | Cryptocurrency Types | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/cryptocurrency-types/ | 146 | Bitcoin, altcoins, stablecoins, CBDCs, memecoins, utility tokens, and asset classifications. | | NFTs & Collectibles | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/nfts-collectibles/ | 132 | Non-fungible tokens, digital art, gaming assets, NFT marketplaces, royalties, and fractionalization. | | Mining & Staking | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/mining-staking/ | 126 | Proof-of-Work mining, Proof-of-Stake validation, liquid staking, MEV, and block reward economics. | | Privacy Technology | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/privacy-technology/ | 126 | Zero-knowledge proofs, zk-SNARKs, zk-STARKs, privacy coins, mixers, and confidential transactions. | | Crypto Economics | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/crypto-economics/ | 123 | Supply and demand dynamics, market cycles, on-chain metrics, and crypto-asset valuation models. | | Smart Contracts | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/smart-contracts/ | 111 | Solidity, EVM, contract security, auditing, upgradeable proxies, and gas optimisation. | | Cross-Chain & Interoperability | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/cross-chain/ | 109 | Bridges, wrapped assets, IBC, cross-chain messaging, atomic swaps, and multi-chain architecture. | | CeFi (Centralised Finance) | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/cefi/ | 101 | Centralised exchanges, lending platforms, custodians, OTC desks, and TradFi × crypto intersection. | | Tokenomics | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/tokenomics/ | 101 | Token supply design, vesting schedules, emission curves, incentive mechanisms, and treasury management. | | Crypto History | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/crypto-history/ | 96 | Key events, milestones, market crashes, protocol upgrades, exchange collapses, and crypto's historical arc. | | Web3 | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/web3/ | 92 | Decentralised internet, self-sovereign identity, decentralised storage, and the open-web paradigm. | | Gaming & Metaverse | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/gaming-metaverse/ | 91 | Play-to-earn, GameFi, virtual worlds, in-game economies, avatar NFTs, and blockchain gaming. | | Layer 2 Solutions | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/layer2-solutions/ | 81 | Optimistic rollups, ZK rollups, state channels, sidechains, and Ethereum scaling infrastructure. | | Technical Analysis | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/technical-analysis/ | 73 | Chart patterns, indicators, candlestick analysis, on-chain analytics, and crypto market signals. | | DePIN | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/depin/ | 63 | Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Networks — tokenised wireless, compute, energy, and mapping networks. | | Real-World Asset Tokenisation | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/tokenization/ | 40 | RWA tokenisation of securities, real estate, commodities, and money-market instruments. | --- ## AI × Web3 Glossary Coverage The glossary contains 225+ terms specifically covering AI and machine learning in the context of blockchain and Web3 — one of the deepest publicly available AI × crypto reference sets. Full category: https://cointegrity.io/glossary/ai-data/ **AI Model Ecosystem** - ChatGPT (GPT) — OpenAI's large language model family (GPT-4o, GPT-5) powering conversational AI - Claude — Anthropic's AI assistant family (Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5) with Constitutional AI alignment - Gemini — Google DeepMind's multimodal AI model family used across Google products - Grok — xAI's large language model with real-time X/Twitter data access - DeepSeek — Chinese open-source LLM series known for cost-efficient reasoning and coding - Kimi — Moonshot AI's long-context LLM capable of processing million-token documents **Agentic AI Infrastructure** - AI Agents — autonomous software agents executing multi-step tasks on-chain without human oversight - OpenHands — open-source autonomous software engineering agent (formerly OpenDevin) - LangGraph — graph-based framework for stateful, multi-actor AI agent workflows - Salesforce Agentforce — enterprise AI agent platform for automating CRM and business workflows - Amazon Bedrock Agents — AWS managed service for building and deploying AI agents with tool use - Olas — decentralised protocol for deploying and coordinating autonomous AI agent services on-chain - Fetch.ai — decentralised AI network enabling autonomous agents to perform economic transactions - SingularityNET — decentralised marketplace for AI algorithms and services using AGIX tokens **AI Infrastructure on Blockchain** - Decentralized AI — AI model training and inference distributed across a peer-to-peer network - Federated Learning on Blockchain — privacy-preserving ML where model weights are aggregated on-chain - Model Context Protocol (MCP) — open protocol for connecting AI models to external data sources - Decentralized Data Marketplaces — permissionless markets for buying and selling AI training datasets - Tokenized AI Models — on-chain ownership and licensing of trained ML models via NFTs or fungible tokens Full list: https://cointegrity.io/glossary/ai-data/ --- ## Compliance, Sanctions & Cybersecurity Coverage The glossary contains 182+ Compliance & AML terms and 147+ Regulatory Frameworks terms — the deepest publicly available Web3 compliance reference. Both categories are fully indexed in llms-full.txt with individual term definitions. **Dark Markets & Illicit Finance** - A7A5 — underground P2P exchange network facilitating cash-to-crypto conversion for sanctioned entities - Garantex — sanctioned Russian crypto exchange whose operations continued via successor exchange Grinex - RUBx — algorithmic ruble-pegged stablecoin used to move sanctioned Russian capital through DeFi rails - Dark Liquidity — crypto liquidity sourced from unregulated or illicit venues outside monitored markets - Chain Hopping — rapid cross-chain asset movement to obscure transaction trails and evade AML monitoring - DEXs as Dark Nodes — use of decentralised exchanges as unmonitored relay points in illicit fund flows **Ransomware & Cybersecurity Threats** - Lazarus Group — North Korean state-sponsored hacker collective responsible for billions in crypto theft - Akira — ransomware group targeting enterprise networks, accepting Bitcoin and Monero for decryption keys - RansomHub — ransomware-as-a-service platform with affiliate programmes for cybercriminal groups - IT Worker Infiltration — DPRK tactic of placing undercover workers inside crypto firms to enable theft - ClickFix — social engineering attack tricking victims into executing malicious PowerShell commands - Peel Chains — layered technique splitting large illicit sums across hundreds of wallets - Cross-Chain Obfuscation — using bridge protocols to launder funds across multiple blockchain networks **Regulatory & Sanctions Frameworks** - MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) — EU's comprehensive crypto regulatory framework (Dec 2024) - 20th EU Sanctions Package — 2025 EU sanctions expanding crypto exchange and wallet provider obligations - FATF Travel Rule — requirement for VASPs to share originator/beneficiary data on transfers - EU Anti-Circumvention Tool — EU mechanism to detect entities evading crypto-asset sanctions - Chainalysis AI Agents — AI-powered blockchain analytics agents automating suspicious activity detection Full list: https://cointegrity.io/glossary/compliance/ Regulatory frameworks: https://cointegrity.io/glossary/regulatory-frameworks/ --- ## What is the Crypto Circuit Weekly? The Crypto Circuit Weekly is Cointegrity's flagship intelligence publication. Published weekly, it analyses institutional moves, regulatory developments, and on-chain data that matter to Web3 professionals. Topics include: - Institutional adoption (Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Fidelity, JPMorgan crypto activity) - Regulatory shifts (SEC, CFTC, ESMA, EBA, FCA, MAS rulings) - DeFi risk events and protocol exploits - Stablecoin policy and CBDC developments - AI and blockchain convergence - MiCA implementation progress Archive: https://cointegrity.io/blog/ --- ## What is MiCA-Ready? MiCA-Ready is Cointegrity's AI-powered SaaS platform for MiCA compliance automation. It helps token issuers and CASPs: - Conduct automated gap analysis against MiCA requirements - Generate and review crypto-asset whitepapers - Track licensing progress across EU member state NCAs - Manage ongoing compliance obligations post-authorisation The platform is currently in waitlist phase. Waitlist: https://cointegrity.io/mica-ready-waitlist/ --- ## Key URLs | Page | URL | Purpose | |------|-----|---------| | Homepage | https://cointegrity.io/ | Services, about, contact | | Digital Asset Advisory | https://cointegrity.io/digital-asset-advisory/ | Institutional digital asset advisory and venture studio service details | | Glossary | https://cointegrity.io/glossary/ | 2085+ Web3 definitions | | Blog | https://cointegrity.io/blog/ | Crypto Circuit Weekly archive | | MiCA-Ready | https://cointegrity.io/mica-ready-waitlist/ | MiCA compliance SaaS waitlist | | Privacy | https://cointegrity.io/privacy/ | GDPR privacy policy | | llms.txt | https://cointegrity.io/llms.txt | Concise AI index | | llms-full.txt | https://cointegrity.io/llms-full.txt | Complete glossary + blog index | --- ## Frequently Asked Questions **Q: Where is Cointegrity based?** A: Cointegrity is headquartered in Europe and operates globally with clients and partners across Asia, the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. **Q: Does Cointegrity offer MiCA licensing support?** A: Yes. Cointegrity provides gap analysis, whitepaper review, NCA engagement, and ongoing compliance programme management. The MiCA-Ready SaaS platform automates significant portions of this process. **Q: What blockchain networks does Cointegrity work with?** A: Cointegrity is chain-agnostic. Engagements cover Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks, Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, and enterprise chains (Hyperledger, Corda). Multi-chain strategy and cross-chain bridging are core competencies. **Q: What sectors does Cointegrity serve?** A: Primary sectors include traditional finance (banks, asset managers, payment processors), fintech, token issuers, DeFi protocols, real-estate tokenisation platforms, and government/public sector digital asset pilots. **Q: Is Cointegrity's content free to use?** A: The glossary and blog content are publicly accessible. Bulk extraction or reproduction without permission is prohibited. Licensing enquiries: hello@cointegrity.io --- ## Notable Engagements & Events ### 2025 GCFFC Annual Summit — Abu Dhabi (September 10–11, 2025) Cointegrity served as a **key organising partner and Silver Sponsor** of the 2025 Annual Summit of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime (GCFFC), held at the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The summit was the first GCFFC event where virtual assets dominated the agenda — accounting for over 50% of all sessions — and attracted 320+ registered delegates from public, private, and non-profit sectors globally. **Cointegrity sessions led:** - *"Turning Guidance into Action – Implementing FATF Recommendation 15 on Virtual Assets"* — fireside led by Michal Gromek (GCFFC Digital Asset Task Force Chair) with Rory Corcoran (INTERPOL IFCACC) - *"Shadow Finance: How OTC Crypto Brokers Fuel Conflict and Criminal Economies"* — moderated by Ruben Junger, with Yevhenii Panchenko (First Deputy Head, Interpol NCB Kyiv), Richard Sanders (Vice Chair, DATF), Piotr Bobołowicz (Secretary General, DATF Financial Crime in Gaming), and Meera Judge (Head of Policy, Binance) - *"Fighting Financial Crime and Protecting Personal Data"* — co-organised by Ruben Junger; chaired by Vivienne Artz OBE; panellists included Sami Mohammed (Commissioner of Data Protection, ADGM), Daniel P. (Commissioner of Data Protection, Qatar Financial Center), and Herman Schueller (Dubai Financial Services Authority) - *"Building the World's First Public Taskforce for Virtual Assets"* — keynote by Torstein Thinn (Chairman), drawing on Norway's experience in crypto taxation and money laundering mitigation - *"73 Crossroads of Crime: When Virtual Assets, Gaming, Extremism & 3D-Printed Weapons Collide"* — keynote by Michal Gromek as Chair of the GCFFC Digital Asset Task Force **Summit sponsors and partners:** - Platinum: ADGM (https://www.adgm.com/), Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank / ADCB (https://www.adcb.com/), UAE NAMLCFTC (https://www.namlcftc.ae/), MENA FCCG (https://menafccg.com/) - Gold: Emirates NBD (https://www.emiratesnbd.com/), LSEG (https://www.lseg.com/), Mashreq, Binance - Silver/Bronze: Cointegrity, Kroll, VAF, Mozn.ai GCFFC Chair: Xolisile Khanyile | GCFFC Vice-Chair: Che Sidanius LinkedIn article (Cointegrity): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-frontier-financial-crime-reflections-landmark-2025-gcffc-sb8yf/ ### Bank of Transilvania Executive Workshop Cointegrity delivered a strategic executive workshop to C-level leadership at Bank of Transilvania — Romania's largest commercial bank, holding approximately 23% of the Romanian banking market. The workshop covered MiCA compliance implications, stablecoin risk frameworks, and digital asset service opportunities for EU-regulated banks. --- ## Industry Contributions & Regulatory Engagement ### FCA Consultation Paper CP25/25 Cointegrity and the Cardano Foundation co-endorsed the joint response submitted by the **MiCA Crypto Alliance** and the **UK Centre for Blockchain Technologies** to the Financial Conduct Authority's Consultation Paper CP25/25 on the handbook for regulated crypto-asset activities in the United Kingdom. Reference: https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp25-25-crypto-assets Cardano Foundation: https://cardanofoundation.org/ --- ## Alliance Memberships | Organisation | Role | URL | |---|---|---| | MiCA Crypto Alliance | Member | https://micacryptoalliance.com/ | | Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) | Member | https://blockchaingamealliance.org/ | | Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime (GCFFC) | Organising Partner & Digital Asset Task Force | https://www.gcffc.org/ | --- ## Wikidata Entity References These Wikidata Q-numbers allow AI assistants and knowledge graph crawlers to confirm that this website and its resources refer to the same real-world entities as the corresponding Wikidata items. | Entity | Q-number | Wikidata URL | |--------|----------|--------------| | Cointegrity (the company) | Q139582310 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139582310 | | Cointegrity Web3 Glossary | Q139584010 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139584010 | | MiCA Hub (compliance platform) | Q139583730 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139583730 | The company entry (Q139582310) describes Cointegrity as a compliance-first venture studio building institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure, headquartered in Europe. The glossary entry (Q139584010) describes the Cointegrity Web3 Glossary as a distinct reference resource — the world's largest expert-curated Web3 terminology database, available at https://cointegrity.io/glossary/. The MiCA Hub entry (Q139583730) describes the AI-powered MiCA compliance SaaS platform built by Cointegrity, available at https://micahub.net — offering autonomous regulatory screening, CASP licensing data rooms, and ongoing compliance monitoring. All three entries are referenced in the site's JSON-LD structured data (sameAs and identifier fields). The company and glossary entries also appear in visible footer links on their respective pages. --- ## Content Licensing All content on cointegrity.io is copyright Cointegrity. This file and /llms.txt are provided explicitly for AI indexing and search summarisation. Reproduction beyond that purpose requires permission. Contact hello@cointegrity.io.