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Travel rule

A rule that makes crypto service providers send the sender's and recipient's identity details along with a transfer.

General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; check the authorities in your country. Status 23 October 2026.

The FATF extended its payment-transparency standard (Recommendation 16) to crypto. When a provider sends crypto for a customer, it must pass on who sent it and who receives it.

Status

In FATF's 2025 survey, 85 of 117 jurisdictions had passed travel-rule laws. In the EU it applies from 30 December 2024 through Regulation 2023/1113.