The Certified Digital Asset Compliance Professional (CDACP) is an intermediate, vendor-neutral certification for the people who keep cryptoasset businesses compliant. It validates that you understand how digital assets move, can run AML and KYC controls, can use blockchain analytics to monitor and trace activity, understand the regulatory frameworks, can build a risk-based control program, and can handle governance, fraud and operations. The exam is computer adaptive and performance-based, and the credential is kept current through continuing education.
| Level | Intermediate. A compliance credential: it assumes some compliance, risk or cryptoasset background and no coding. |
|---|---|
| Delivery model | Computer adaptive, three stages. Your score on each stage selects the difficulty of the next, so no two candidates sit the same paper. |
| Format | 80 questions. A performance-based exam that includes performance-based questions and multiple-choice questions. Concepts transfer across every jurisdiction and platform. |
| Time | 120 minutes for the whole exam, timed. Autosaves every answer. |
| Scoring | You need a score of 700 out of 900 to pass. Results are reported on a scale of 100 to 900, and 700 corresponds to answering 72% of the exam correctly. Harder questions carry more weight, so a score means the same thing on any route. Multiple-response items and PBQs are all or nothing. |
| Retakes | No waiting period after a failed first attempt. Every attempt is paid for at the exam price. See the CertLabz Certification Retake Policy. |
| Voucher validity | 12 months from purchase, for one sitting. |
| Certification validity | 3 years. Renew with 50 CEUs per cycle and the $35 annual CE fee, or pass the current exam. Renewal details. |
| Language | English. |
| Credential | PDF certificate with QR code, public verification page, LinkedIn-ready credential ID. Issuer: CertLabz Certification Board. |
| Free resources | The exam objectives PDF and the ten sample questions PDF. |
| Workforce mapping | NICE Framework work roles: Security Control Assessment (OG-WRL-012), Cybercrime Investigation (IN-WRL-001). O*NET occupations: Compliance Officers (13-1041.00). Self-declared by CertLabz, not reviewed by NIST or CISA. See the full mapping. |
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The CDACP is a performance-based exam: it includes performance-based questions alongside multiple-choice questions. Instead of only picking A, B, C or D, you match red flags to controls, order an investigation, classify a risk, and choose the right reporting step. It is computer adaptive, is proctored and timed, needs no mandatory course, and tests running compliance rather than reciting definitions.
How value moves on-chain, AML programs, KYC and due diligence, sanctions and the travel rule.
Transaction monitoring, tracing funds, red flags, typologies and risk scoring.
FATF guidance, virtual asset service providers, licensing and recordkeeping.
Risk-based controls, suspicious activity reporting, fraud typologies and audits.
As regulators focus on digital assets, compliance professionals who understand both crypto and financial crime are in high demand. Every route is shown here at once, so nothing is hidden behind a control you have to find.
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| CertLabz CDACP | ACAMS CCAS | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Certification exam | Certification exam |
| Computer adaptive | Yes | No |
| Hands-on PBQs | Yes | No |
| Scope | Cryptoasset compliance | Cryptoasset financial crime |
| Vendor neutral | Yes | Yes |
| Proctored | Yes | Yes |
| Questions | 80 | 90 |
| Time | 120 min | 180 min |
| Pass mark | 700 of 900 | 75% |
| Course required | No | Prerequisites |
| Exam voucher | $149 | $895 |
Compiled September 2026 from the ACAMS CCAS certification page. The CCAS is a respected credential but requires three ACAMS crypto certificates and active membership and costs far more; the CDACP is a standalone, computer adaptive exam with hands-on performance-based questions and no prerequisite. Product names and trademarks belong to their owners; CertLabz is not affiliated with any of them. Confirm current details with each provider.
Six reasons this credential is worth your time, and worth an employer's attention.
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Every form is drawn from a bank of more than 90 items to these exact weights, whichever adaptive route you take. Filter by the area you want to study.
The exam runs in three stages. Your score on each stage selects the difficulty of the next, so a strong candidate is stretched and a struggling one is measured fairly rather than swamped. No two candidates sit the same paper. Harder questions carry more weight, so a scaled score means the same thing whichever route you took.
Each exam can have up to 5 to 12 performance-based questions, drawn fresh on every attempt, alongside the multiple-choice questions. A PBQ is a task rather than a list: you match red flags to controls, order an investigation, classify a risk, or choose the right reporting step. They are scored all or nothing, so partial guesses do not pass.
No. The CDACP teaches cryptoasset compliance and financial crime prevention in general terms, describing frameworks and obligations. It is not legal advice for any specific firm or situation.
Yes. Tools, frameworks and regulations are described generically. Where a rule such as the travel rule is involved, it is described by what it requires, not tied to one product or jurisdiction.
700 out of 900. Results are reported on a scale of 100 to 900, and 700 corresponds to answering 72% of the exam correctly.
There is no waiting period between a failed first attempt and a second attempt. Buy another voucher and sit the exam again when you are ready, and it will draw a fresh adaptive form from the bank. See the CertLabz Certification Retake Policy.
Yes, after three years. Keep it current by logging 50 CEUs during the cycle and paying the $35 annual CE fee before expiry, or by passing the current exam again.
The exam objectives PDF and the ten sample questions PDF. The CDACP Official Study Guide is a $50 ebook, included in two of the bundles. Hands-on practice comes with the All Access plan, included in the Complete bundle.
A laptop or desktop with a webcam and microphone, Chrome, Edge or Firefox, a stable connection, and a quiet private room for two hours. Phones and tablets are not supported.
CDACP is a continuing-education certification, like the CE credentials from CompTIA and ISC2. It is valid for three years from the day you pass. To keep it, log 50 continuing-education units during the cycle and pay the $35 annual CE fee before your expiry date. Or pass the current version of the exam again. Earning a higher-level CertLabz certification renews it too, the way CompTIA certifications stack.
CEUs are logged from your CertLabz dashboard with supporting evidence. A certification that lapses can be reinstated only by passing the current exam.
Buy a voucher, study the objectives, sit the exam when you are ready. Your credential is issued the moment you pass.