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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|

Travel Rule

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

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

FCA Crypto Asset Registration: How to Navigate the UK's Notoriously Difficult Process

Navigate the FCA's 80%+ rejection-rate crypto registration process. Timeline reality, required policies, Travel Rule, financial promotions, and Digital Securities Sandbox.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 14 min read

Fireblocks: Institutional Digital Asset Custody Infrastructure

Fireblocks serves 1,800+ institutional clients including 30 of the top 50 global banks, has transferred $4T+ in digital assets, and holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 8 min read

MAS Digital Payment Token License: Singapore MPI Application Guide

Complete guide to Singapore's MPI license for digital payment token services. PSA framework, capital requirements, TRM guidelines, Travel Rule, and 12–18 month application process.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 12 min read

MAS Singapore: Digital Payment Token Regulation and Project Guardian

MAS licenses Digital Payment Token services under the PSA, has issued 60+ DPT licenses, launched the multi-bank Project Guardian tokenization pilots, and enacted a stablecoin framework in August 2023.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 9 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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