欧洲反洗钱和打击恐怖主义融资（AML/CFT） 监管机构 MONEYVAL 已将监控加密行业以及律师和会计师等“看门人”专业人士列为欧洲国家打击洗钱活动的优先事项。
在基于其年度报告调查结果的媒体发布中，MONEYVAL称为 欧洲司法管辖区评估是否符合国际标准，并实施更严格的监管政策，以打击加密资产助长的洗钱活动。
MONEVYAL 的负责人 Elżbieta Frankow-Jaśkiewicz 以潘多拉外传为例，说明专业人士如何充当“看门人”可以帮助富人和腐败者洗钱。她还声称，用于洗钱的加密资产的流行度正在上升：
“一种新的洗钱趋势与新兴的虚拟资产领域、加密货币在全球范围内的日益普及以及快速发展的所谓“去中心化金融”（DeFi）生态系统的其他组成部分有关。”
Moneyval 是欧洲委员会的反洗钱监督机构，涵盖 47 个欧洲司法管辖区。该工作组负责审查和建议影响国家立法改革的政策变化。
该报告的结论是，金融行动特别工作组 (FATF) 标准的中位合规水平低于其受监管司法管辖区的令人满意的门槛。在 MONEYVAL 评估的 22 个司法管辖区中，有 18 个司法管辖区没有充分遵守反洗钱标准。
欧洲监管机构还将在今年晚些时候进行一项单独的研究，以检查与虚拟资产相关的洗钱趋势。
尽管监管机构继续对使用加密货币进行洗钱和其他非法活动表示担忧，但区块链分析公司 Chainalysis 的最新数据表明，2021 年只有不到 1% 的加密货币流通总量被用于非法活动。
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