TOKENIZATION POLICY
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GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91| GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91|

VASP

AML/KYC for Crypto-Asset Service Providers

Anti-money laundering and know-your-customer requirements that apply to crypto exchanges, custodians, and other virtual asset service providers under FATF standards and national law.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026

Brazil's Virtual Assets Act: Latin America's Most Advanced Crypto Framework

Brazil's Virtual Assets Act (Law 14,478), signed December 2022, created a licensing framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers — making Brazil the most advanced crypto regulatory jurisdiction in Latin America.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 7 min read

FATF (Financial Action Task Force)

FATF's role as global AML/CFT standard-setter, the 2019 VASP definition, the Travel Rule for crypto, grey-listing consequences, and the challenge of applying FATF standards to DeFi.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026

Travel Rule (Crypto)

The requirement that virtual asset service providers collect and transmit originator and beneficiary information for crypto transfers above a threshold amount, extended from banking to crypto by FATF in 2019.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026
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