The Travel Rule forces firms to collect, hold and transmit personal data about the people behind transactions.
This creates databases that link identity, transaction history and asset ownership, turning ordinary users into targets for hacks and physical attacks.
I wrote about the EU rollout in Forbes last year and how these rules threaten user security by forcing more personal financial data to be collected, stored and shared.


Forbes
New EU Rules Could Threaten Your Security – What You Need To Know
The FATF Travel Rule, now extended to bitcoin, requires KYC data sharing, raising concerns about privacy, financial freedom, and personal safety.
