Every blockchain transaction is recorded in a public ledger — any interaction between wallets is “visible.” For businesses, this means that using digital assets without a carefully designed architecture can unintentionally expose sensitive information to competitors or malicious actors. In this article, the team behind BitHide , a confidential business crypto wallet, explains which technologies allow maintaining privacy while remaining AML compliant. Common Privacy Tools Don’t Work for Businesses Many familiar transaction-anonymization tools, privacy coins, or mixers turn out to be unsuitable for businesses. Privacy Coins Guarantee Only Relative Anonymity Once you convert assets into stablecoins or withdraw them to a KYC exchange, privacy disappears. Major platforms like Binance classified Zcash and Monero as high-risk crypto assets back in 2024. In addition, starting in 2027, the EU will introduce new AML rules banning the use of Monero and Zcash. Mixers Don’t Solve the Problem Mixers do not provide a complete break in traceability. Modern algorithms can analyze transactions even after mixing and reconstruct likely links. Today, using mixers is more likely to draw attention than increase privacy: you automatically fall into the ‘suspicious’ category, your funds may be frozen, and the chain of transactions can still be reconstructed afterward. Complex Routing Don’t Confuse Analysts Multi-step paths through bridges and DEXs don’t work: platforms track cross-chain movements and correlate transactions by timing and volume. Complex routes lower an address’s trust score and attract additional attention from compliance teams. How BitHide Enables Companies to Maintain Confidentiality and Compliance BitHide is a confidential business crypto wallet operating since 2021. The solution does not store clients’ private keys and has no access to the client’s infrastructure. BitHide combines protection of business data from hackers, criminals, and competitors with convenience, including mass payouts, AML checks, role-based access, crypto swap, creation of multiple wallets, reporting, and much more. The confidential technologies include Dark Wing and Transaction Safety Levels. Dark Wing hides IP addresses and metadata before they reach public nodes. Another feature — “Safety Levels” — is a payout framework that allows companies to choose the level of protection for each transaction: · Basic — activates Dark Wing, hiding real IP addresses and transaction metadata. · Medium — adds a transit address to aggregate and forward funds. · High — applies AML checks, a transit address, Dark Wing, and a crypto swap before sending funds to the recipient, ensuring maximum confidentiality while maintaining full AML compliance. Built-in AML solutions automatically filter out suspicious cryptocurrency from sanctioned addresses. Transactions remain confidential to outsiders while retaining transparency for regulators. The Future of Corporate Privacy Blockchain privacy for businesses is gradually becoming a standard requirement, much like a firewall or VPN in a corporate network. Companies are building multi-layered protection systems, including address management, transaction metadata control, encryption, and secure key storage. According to BitHide, in a few years having a private layer for business will become essential. Blockchain will transform from a “file open to everyone” into an invitation-only document.
