TOKENIZATION COMPLIANCE
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Global RWA Tokenized: $18.9B ▲ +142%| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| VARA Licensed Platforms: 80+ ▲ +12| SEC Actions YTD: 14 ▲ +3| Tokenized Bonds Issued: $10.2B ▲ +68%| BlackRock BUIDL: $531M ▲ Mar 2024| STO Volume YTD: $3.8B ▲ +44%| Active Jurisdictions: 20+ ▲ +4| Global RWA Tokenized: $18.9B ▲ +142%| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| VARA Licensed Platforms: 80+ ▲ +12| SEC Actions YTD: 14 ▲ +3| Tokenized Bonds Issued: $10.2B ▲ +68%| BlackRock BUIDL: $531M ▲ Mar 2024| STO Volume YTD: $3.8B ▲ +44%| Active Jurisdictions: 20+ ▲ +4|

FATF

AML Framework for Tokenization Platforms: Global Compliance Requirements

Global AML compliance framework for tokenization platforms. FATF Travel Rule, CDD/EDD, beneficial ownership, blockchain analytics tools, and BSA/SAR requirements.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 12 min read

DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) — Regulatory Status

DAOs occupy an unresolved regulatory position globally: potentially VASPs under FATF, potential securities issuers under SEC, and addressable legal persons only through wrapper structures.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 4 min read

DeFi Compliance: Regulatory Landscape for Decentralized Protocols

Comprehensive DeFi compliance guide covering IOSCO's 9 recommendations, FATF VASP classification, MiCA's decentralization exclusion, US enforcement actions, and institutional DeFi frameworks.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 12 min read

FATF Travel Rule Compliance for Tokenization Platforms

FATF Travel Rule compliance guide for tokenization platforms. Required data fields, threshold implementation, technical solutions, unhosted wallet handling, and sunrise problem strategy.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 10 min read

FATF Virtual Asset Standards

FATF Recommendations 15 and 16 extend AML/CFT requirements to VASPs globally, establishing VASP licensing, Travel Rule obligations, and risk-based oversight for DeFi and unhosted wallets.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 4 min read

KYC/AML in Tokenization

KYC/AML compliance in tokenization integrates customer due diligence, on-chain identity, and blockchain analytics to meet FATF standards for tokenized security issuance and trading.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 4 min read

The Death of Regulatory Arbitrage: Why Jurisdiction Shopping No Longer Works

Why the era of fleeing to unregulated jurisdictions is over for tokenization: FATF Travel Rule, US long-arm jurisdiction, MiCA third-country rules, and VARA's comprehensive framework examined.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 12 min read

Travel Rule (FATF Recommendation 16)

The Travel Rule requires VASPs to collect and transmit originator and beneficiary information for virtual asset transfers above $1,000/€1,000.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 4 min read
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