MiCA passporting: which entity actually holds your account
Under a passporting framework one authorisation can cover several markets, so the brand you click and the legal entity that holds the…
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Regulation
Licensing, KYC, tax and what the rules actually require.
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Stablecoin rules did not kill yield, they moved it
A rule that stops an issuer paying interest on a stablecoin balance does not remove the yield, it relocates it into a…
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Staking rewards: income at receipt, gain on sale
A staking reward is usually two events: income when the reward lands, and a capital gain or loss when you sell. The…
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KYC tiers change your withdrawal limit more than your privacy
Verification is usually framed as a privacy trade, but the tier you sit in decides which rails you can use, how much…
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The travel rule: what actually travels with your transfer
When two regulated venues move funds, a data message usually travels with the payment, naming the sender, the recipient and the account…
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Tokenised funds: the licensing question product pages skip
The token wrapper on a product page hides the question that decides who can hold it: whether the token is a fund…
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Why a clean wallet can still be frozen
Screening does not score your behaviour, it scores the cluster of addresses connected to yours, which is why a counterparty two hops…
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Proof-of-reserves reports: the three numbers that actually matter
Coverage ratio, timestamp and scope. A snapshot without a date is a marketing asset, not a control.
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