If you haven’t read article on Travel Rule please do so before continuing further as you may need to get familiar with some abbreviations and basic concepts of Travel Rule first.
History
EU Travel Rule regulation became effective in EU on 1.1.2025. Regulation is independent from the fact whether you are MiCA regulated VASP or not. Main driver behind this regulation was anti-money laundering efforts during the war time in Europe between Russia and Ukraine and the fact that adoption of cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency services in EU will grow when MiCA regulation becomes effective.
Overview
CAS implementation of EU Travel Rule builds on following documents issued by EU ragulators:
Both of the documents are in English language posted bellow. If you prefer to read regulation in another language please use the links above.
Key concepts
Types of transfers where Travel Rule applies
Components
CAS implements EU Travel Rule by following components.
Outgoing TransfersView the individual transfers (Envelops) | |
Travel Rule SettingsConfigure your Travel Rule settings. | |
Travel Rule ProvidersAdd or adjust a Travel Rule Provider.
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VASPsAdd or adjust a VASP setting |
IMPORTANT
The Travel Rule currently requires that every BUY order must be sent to your customer via
a paper wallet, https://generalbytes.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ESD/pages/963281004/Terminal+Settings#Printing-Settings-(for-BATMs-with-attached-printers)
a PDF wallet (see: PDF Wallet Generation),
SMS,
or Email.
There is currently no way (using the TR) to send coin to any other type of wallet!
It is impossible to technically identify the owner of the customer-presented wallet, so
therefore those wallets do not comply with Travel Rule requirements.
What is this?
This feature enables you to comply with your regional Travel Rule legal requirements, and enables compliant transactions for your customers.
Example
This example enables immediate self-hosted compliance for your Organization.
Create a Travel Rule Provider: “Internal”, see: Travel Rule Providers
Create a new VASP, see: Travel Rule VASPs
Add a new Setting, see: Travel Rule Settings
Configure your AML/KYC setting to use the new Travel Rule, see: https://generalbytes.atlassian.net/l/cp/U57zcH33
Configure your Terminal(s) to use the proper AML/KYC setting, see: https://generalbytes.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ESD/pages/963281004/Terminal+Settings#General-Settings
Any transaction that has been packaged via a Travel Rule can be viewed from the Transaction Log:
An example Transfer/Envelope: