Blockchain & Digital Assets
Blockchain technology is the foundation powering a future of decentralised applications not just in finance, but in every industry looking for secure and trusted ways to track assets, verify the provenance of materials, show compliance with regulators, and give secure access to real-time data.
FTI Consulting’s Middle East blockchain and digital assets experts are deeply knowledgeable in the different applications and variants of these technologies, serving government and enterprise organizations on high-profile and complex projects.
From cryptocurrencies, tokens and NFTs to reimagining our world into metaverses, Web3, blockchain and digital assets are creating massive opportunities and disrupting industries at breakneck speed.
Despite all the excitement and possibilities, this still-emerging technology comes with significant risks if not handled carefully. Early adoption has been disproportionately tainted by fraud, correction events and bad actors, presenting significant challenges to organisations and institutions that want to utilize the power of decentralised technology while keeping organisations and their customers safe.
Innovators need to be able to quickly build knowledge and expertise while navigating this rapidly changing and dispersed global regulatory environment. To fully unlock the immense potential blockchain and digital assets present for new revenue streams and collaboration while also reducing risk and volatility, leaders need to be aware of the potential pitfalls.
FTI Technology has advised on large-scale blockchain projects, performed technical and operational due diligence during M&A transactions focused on crypto-native acquisition targets and advised unsecured creditor committees during some of the first high-profile restructuring cases in the industry.
How We Help
Strategic Advisory, Planning & Implementation
FTI Technology is uniquely positioned at the intersection of the emerging decentralized technology movement...
FTI Technology is uniquely positioned at the intersection of the emerging decentralized technology movement and digital risk mitigation. This allows us to identify and optimize revenue streams through tokenization projects, NFT loyalty and ticketing implementations or metaverse initiatives. We can develop full-scale blockchain implementations and identify gaps between new technology and legacy tech stacks within organizations, as well as assess current blockchain projects for unknown risks.
Blockchain-as-a-Service
FTI Technology provides a fully hosted Blockchain as a Service (“BaaS”) offering for organizations...
FTI Technology provides a fully hosted Blockchain as a Service (“BaaS”) offering for organizations looking to build secure and stable blockchain projects while avoiding large-scale operational investment costs. This eliminates the need for specialized software development personnel, and reduces time to minimum viable product (“MVP”).
Regulatory Compliance Support
FTI Technology offers a comprehensive regulatory compliance support for crypto native companies and virtual...
FTI Technology offers a comprehensive regulatory compliance support for crypto native companies and virtual asset service providers (“VASPs”) seeking to obtain an operating license in the countries and regions we operate. These capabilities also work to support virtual asset regulators to keep the regulation up to date, review license applicants and monitor licensed companies’ activity.
Cryptocurrency Disputes & Investigations
Digital asset investigations are as unique as the assets involved in such disputes.
Digital asset investigations are as unique as the assets involved in such disputes. These complex investigations can span cryptocurrencies, NFTs, virtual assets, smart contracts, crypto mining operations and DeFi programs with blockchain protocols, staking and yielding programs, custodied assets, as well as, metaverse environments. Each of these areas presents unique considerations requiring technical know-how and deep blockchain expertise to prove or disprove claims.
FTI Technology can perform sophisticated wallet tracing by analyzing transactional relationships and intelligence to identify entities and personas associated with suspect cryptocurrency wallets. Our Middle East blockchain and digital experts act as a collective, working alongside our cybersecurity, forensic accounting, digital forensics, economics and strategic communications professionals to bring additional expertise to engagements. We use industry-leading investigative, risk management and compliance-focused tools to conduct work to achieve comprehensive results for each case.
Mergers, Acquisitions, Bankruptcies & Restructurings
FTI Technology has built and continuously refines structured frameworks and leads to the market in innovative...
FTI Technology has built and continuously refines structured frameworks and leads to the market in innovative methodologies to conduct due diligence for cryptocurrencies, tokens and other digital asset-based endeavours. Our Middle East team leverages deep technical knowledge to conduct holistic due diligence assessments that include identifying and assessing elements of crypto-native organizations including DeFi projects or DAOs, investigating crypto transactions, wallets and custody, smart contract assessments, and operational and technical assessments to uncover the landscape of assets under custody (“AUC”), as well as potential liabilities in business models and infrastructure.
