MiCA and Travel Rule: A Practical Guide for European DeFi Platforms

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MiCA and the EU implementation of the FATF Travel Rule are increasing compliance obligations for DeFi platforms that operate as crypto-asset or virtual-asset service providers, requiring authorization, consumer protections, customer due diligence, anti-money-laundering controls, and secure handling of transaction data. The Travel Rule requires originator and beneficiary information for certain virtual-asset transfers, with stated thresholds of EUR 1,000 generally and EUR 3,000 for transfers involving self-hosted wallets and VASPs, creating particular challenges for pseudonymous and permissionless platforms. The material argues that DeFi services must identify user-facing points where they may be subject to regulation and establish identity verification, liveness detection, sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, auditable data storage, and mechanisms for inter-provider data exchange while balancing privacy concerns. It presents Didit as a modular AI-based compliance platform offering KYC, document and liveness verification, AML monitoring, structured identity data, APIs, and optional features intended to help platforms scale compliance workflows without substantially disrupting user experience.

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