Travel Rule


Policy

European Parliament Proposes Expanding 'Travel Rule' to Every Single Crypto Transaction

Two major factions within the European Parliament propose to expand the "travel rule" to virtually every transaction of digital assets.

European Parliament room (Frederic Köberl/Unsplash)

Finance

Payments Giant FIS Worldpay Joins Shyft’s Crypto Compliance Network

It’s the second large, non-crypto firm to join Shyft, following law firm DLA Piper last month.

(Jonas Leupe/Unsplash)

Finance

BC Group, Archax, InvestaX Form Consortium on Security Tokens Globally

The consortium wants to tackle cross-border technical and regulatory interoperability for security tokens.

Hong Kong skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Opinion

Crypto Twitter’s Misdirected Furor Didn’t Fix the Travel Rule

Following a community uproar, Trezor nixed plans to integrate AOPP, an open-source protocol for proving wallet ownership. The rollback changed nothing and FATF’s travel rule still bedevils users.

An angry mob holding torches in a still from the film, 'Frankenstein,' directed by James Whale, 1931.

Finance

Trezor Backtracks on ‘Travel Rule’ App for Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets Amid Uproar

SatoshiLabs, Trezor's creator, scratches its planned integration of the Address Ownership Proof Protocol (AOPP).

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Layer 2

Few Crypto Firms Even Trying to Comply With FATF's ‘Travel Rule’

Two years on, FATF is getting impatient. But privacy-conscious crypto users are in no hurry to see the regulation implemented.

(Yunha Lee for CoinDesk)

Tech

Trezor Adopts Swiss Travel Rule Protocol for Private Crypto Wallets

The protocol automatically identifies an unhosted wallet when crypto is withdrawn from a Swiss exchange.

Trezor wallet (SatoshiLabs)

Policy

South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Will Block Unregistered Wallets

The exchange was reportedly pressured from its partner bank to change its mind.

Seoul, South Korea (Ciaran O'Brien/Unsplash)

Opinion

Crypto Firms Can't Outrun the Travel Rule

Firms need to accept their regulatory responsibilities, says the president of FATF, the global anti-money laundering watchdog.

(Andrew Stutesman/CoinDesk)

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