At CryptoSwift, we always emphasize that security and compliance don’t need to come at the cost of speed or developer experience. Recently, we had the chance to prove this point in the best possible way by working shoulder-to-shoulder with a client and integrating our Travel Rule service in real time.
Our new customer, Striga, invited us to their office to get their backend fully Travel Rule compliant with CryptoSwift. The goal was ambitious: complete the integration in just one day. What happened exceeded even our expectations.
The Workshop Setup
We kicked off the day with a short presentation about CryptoSwift’s platform to Striga’s team. Then, with both technical teams around the table, we rolled up our sleeves and started building.
The integration covered three main areas:
- Outgoing Travel Rule messages via the CryptoSwift API
- Webhook notifications for message statuses and incoming Travel Rule messages
- Self-hosted wallet verification using our Wallet Verification API endpoints and Widget
With time for discussions and a lunch break, the technical work itself was completed in just about 4 hours.
Lessons Learned from a Live Integration
Supporting our client API integration in person gave us a fresh perspective on our own product. We came away with three important insights:
- Ease of use confirmed. Watching Striga’s team get up and running quickly proved that our APIs are well-structured and easy to integrate.
- Documentation improvements. We saw exactly where the Striga team paused or asked clarifying questions, which gave us immediate opportunities to refine our integration guides.
- Real progress exceeded expectations. Based on prior experiences with similar projects, Striga’s team did not expect to get very far in a single day. Travel Rule compliance can seem like a complex challenge. But with each completed step, the team saw how quickly progress was made with CryptoSwift.
As Striga’s CTO Prashanth Balasubramanian put it:
“We were impressed by how easy it was to work with the CryptoSwift API, given the straight-forward logic and clear guides. What felt like a complex topic was actually tackled with surprising speed and clarity.”
The Result: A Fully Compliant Setup
By the end of the afternoon, Striga’s backend was already capable of handling:
- Outgoing and incoming crypto Travel Rule messages
- Webhook notifications to Striga’s back-end about Travel Rule message status updates
- Wallet verification in a self-hosted setup
From a regulatory perspective, this meant a fully compliant integration with CryptoSwift.
Why This Matters
This case study highlights what makes CryptoSwift unique:
- Fast time-to-compliance, critical for businesses that don’t want regulatory requirements to slow them down
- Developer-first design, with APIs and documentation that make integration a breeze
- Scalable compliance infrastructure, so customers like Striga can focus on building value for their users instead of wrestling with regulatory complexity
When compliance can be achieved in less than a day without compromising security, it’s clear why CryptoSwift is the right choice for forward-looking crypto businesses.
Final Thoughts
As a technical founder, I know how important it is for technology to deliver not just on security and compliance, but also on usability. Our experience with Striga confirmed that our Travel Rule service strikes this balance well.
Indrek Ulst, CryptoSwift