Blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic has released a report identifying five emerging compliance risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. These include money laundering by drug cartels, social engineering scams like Southeast Asia's "pig butchering" schemes, cross-chain mixing for money laundering, evasion of international sanctions, and state-sponsored cyber thefts, such as those by the Lazarus Group. The report reveals that criminals have transferred over $21.8 billion in illicit funds through mixers, cross-chain bridges, and non-KYC exchanges, marking a threefold increase since 2023. Elliptic warns that traditional single-chain screening is inadequate to address these challenges, urging financial institutions to adopt multi-chain intelligence tracking to mitigate compliance gaps and sanction risks.