Decentralized finance opens powerful new doors, but also exposes platforms to pseudonymity abuse, synthetic identity creation, and multi-wallet fraud. In a trustless environment, identity assurance is no longer optional.
We deliver the insights stakeholders need to evaluate, adopt, and defend biometric authentication in a rapidly evolving ecosystem.
Cryptocurrency is a volatile yet highly anticipated sector with new players stepping into the trend each day. However, it’s not as easy as it looks. Several challenges that shape the market.
Recorded between 2021 and 2024, with identity fraud playing a central role
Lack any biometric identity screening at onboarding or access
Now cite KYC/AML deficiencies and user anonymity abuse
Blockchain promotes anonymity and decentralization. But platforms operating in real-world financial jurisdictions face growing pressure to:
Key Identity Threats in Crypto:
Facia helps Web3 builders and compliance teams understand what’s changing, and what’s coming.
Facia delivers research, data, and benchmarks for teams working on:
Understand how facial verification, liveness detection, and behavior analysis are being applied, or bypassed, in crypto platforms.
Track the emergence of AML and KYC expectations across DeFi, NFT, and token platforms worldwide.
Uncover how fraudsters use AI tools and facial morphing to pass identity checks during onboarding.
Identify behavioral and biometric markers of one-to-many user abuse within pseudonymous ecosystems.
Facia’s intelligence is used by risk teams, compliance officers, and crypto product strategists to inform:
Benchmark face+ID flows for friction, bypass rates, and bot exposure
Evaluate identity frameworks that prevent governance manipulation
Understand AML alignment without compromising decentralization
Discover how deepfakes and avatar-based fraud occur in crypto KYC
Learn how users bypass wallet-level rules through biometric evasion
Facia maps the balance between regulatory compliance and crypto-native privacy values:
Whether platforms choose self-sovereign identity, decentralized KYC, or hybrid approaches, Facia provides the data and insight to lead with confidence.
Wallets, DEXs, Layer 1s, NFT marketplaces, all can benefit from identity risk insights without sacrificing decentralization
Facia’s reports and monitoring require no integration
Understand how identity verification expectations vary from Ethe U to Singapore to the U.S. SEC and beyond
Compare strategies like zero-knowledge identity proofing, on-device biometrics, and federated KYC
Web3 platforms must ask: Who is really behind the wallet? Facia delivers the knowledge base to evaluate that question, whether you’re building, scaling, or regulating in the space.
