Kroll and Bluprynt Forge New Trust Layer for Digital Assets with KYI

NEW YORK, NY – March 23, 2026 – Global risk advisory leader Kroll and on-chain compliance firm Bluprynt today announced a strategic partnership poised to erect a critical pillar of trust in the burgeoning world of digital assets. The collaboration will integrate Bluprynt’s innovative “Know Your Issuer” (KYI) technology with Kroll’s extensive investigative and risk management expertise, aiming to provide a new standard for transparency and security in tokenized markets.

This alliance addresses a fundamental vulnerability that has plagued the digital asset ecosystem for years: the difficulty of verifying the authenticity of a token’s creator. By embedding verifiable credentials directly into digital assets, the two firms intend to create a more secure environment for financial institutions, regulators, and investors, potentially accelerating the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi).

The Billion-Dollar Problem of Impersonation

For all the innovation in blockchain technology, a persistent blind spot has been the identity of the issuer. While robust systems for “Know Your Customer” (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) have evolved to verify transaction parties, no dominant framework has existed to confirm, at the token level, that an asset was created by the entity it claims to represent. This gap has created a fertile ground for fraud, with malicious actors launching counterfeit tokens that impersonate legitimate projects, leading to an estimated $1.6 billion in annual losses from impersonation attacks alone.

This lack of issuer-level verification has been a significant barrier to entry for cautious institutional investors and a major headache for regulators. Without a reliable “digital birth certificate” for an asset, determining provenance and assigning accountability becomes a complex, often manual process. The new partnership aims to solve this by shifting verification from a post-facto investigation to a proactive, embedded feature.

A New Compliance OS for On-Chain Finance

At the heart of the collaboration is Bluprynt's KYI technology, a solution designed to function as a “Compliance Operating System” for digital assets. Instead of relying on off-chain databases or third-party websites, KYI embeds a machine-readable, cryptographic credential directly into the token itself. This on-chain credential contains verified information about the issuer's identity, its authority to mint the asset, and key governance parameters.

Bluprynt’s infrastructure is designed to be chain-agnostic, meaning it can operate across various blockchain networks like Ethereum, Solana, and others without requiring assets to be rewritten or redeployed. The technology has already undergone successful pilot programs with major market players, including integrations with stablecoins like PayPal USD (PYUSD) and Circle's USDC, demonstrating its viability and market readiness.

“On-chain finance is becoming programmable, but trust infrastructure must evolve alongside it,” said Christopher J. Brummer, CEO of Bluprynt. “The next generation of financial challenges will require on-chain credentials that are verifiable, portable and usable by both institutions and regulators. KYI transforms issuer verification into a machine-readable risk signal embedded directly in digital assets.”

Kroll's Strategic Deepening in Digital Assets

For Kroll, a firm with nearly a century of history in risk and governance, this partnership represents a significant strategic move to solidify its leadership in the digital asset space. The company is far from a newcomer, having already developed a comprehensive suite of crypto-focused services spanning investigations, cybersecurity, and valuation. Kroll’s teams have reportedly investigated over $150 billion in digital assets, providing them with deep insight into the sector’s unique risks and challenges.

By integrating Bluprynt’s technology, Kroll can now offer its clients a proactive compliance tool in addition to its established reactive and advisory capabilities. The firm will support the global deployment of the KYI solution, helping institutions validate issuer information and integrate the verifiable data into their broader enterprise risk programs. This creates a powerful feedback loop, where Kroll’s real-world investigative expertise informs the risk frameworks that underpin the automated KYI system.

“Digital assets are at a turning point,” noted Brent R. Tomlinson, President of Risk Advisory at Kroll. “As the sector matures, it is also becoming more complex, bringing heightened challenges across valuation, fraud, investigations and restructuring. By combining Kroll's investigatory capabilities and deep crypto expertise with Bluprynt's KYI and regulatory solutions, we can help clients verify and evaluate critical information and bring greater trust to digital asset activity.”

Building the Bridge for Institutional Adoption

The ultimate goal of the Kroll-Bluprynt partnership extends beyond simply preventing fraud. It is about laying the foundational infrastructure required for the full-scale institutional adoption of on-chain finance. For banks, asset managers, and pension funds to operate in tokenized markets, they require auditable, verifiable, and regulator-approved compliance frameworks. The KYI solution is designed to provide just that, generating audit-ready evidence that can satisfy both internal risk committees and external supervisors.

Together, the firms will collaborate on developing cross-jurisdictional risk frameworks and co-create solutions to support regulators as they navigate the complexities of this new financial landscape. This proactive engagement with supervisory bodies is critical for building a sustainable ecosystem where innovation can flourish within clear and trusted boundaries. By making compliance a programmable and verifiable component of the assets themselves, the partnership promises to lower the barrier to entry for traditional financial players, paving the way for a more integrated and resilient global financial system.