No KYC vs KYC Exchanges: Why Privacy Matters for Crypto Traders
1. The Privacy–Compliance Tug-of-War Crypto was born as a peer-to-peer, censorship-resistant network, yet regulatory pressure keeps rising. In 2025 the European MiCA framework and the global FATF Travel Rule expanded identification requirements to more venues, including self-hosted wallets and DeFi front-ends.For many traders this creates a dilemma: comply and surrender personal data, or seek alternatives […]