Travel Rule compliance: how VASPs exchange sender data under FATF rules

Among all the obligations that FATF standards impose on the crypto industry, one has proven the hardest to operationalize: the travel rule. The requirement itself is borrowed directly from traditional banking, where wire transfers have carried originator and beneficiary information for decades. Transplanting it onto blockchain rails, where a transaction is a broadcast message signed by a private key, turned …

Crypto tax reporting in Europe: understanding DAC8 and its impact on investors

The era of operating under the radar in the European cryptocurrency market is officially over. With the dawn of 2026, the European Union has implemented its most comprehensive administrative cooperation framework yet, permanently reshaping how digital assets are monitored and taxed across the continent. Investors who once navigated a fragmented regulatory landscape now face a highly synchronized, borders-free system designed …