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What is Travel Rule?

Travel Rule: a crypto term, explained in plain English.

In one line

A rule that makes banks and crypto firms send the sender’s and receiver’s details along with a money or crypto transfer above a set amount.

Crypto Drafted with AI help · Reviewed by Keshav Aggarwal · Updated

In simple words

When you send a parcel, you write your name and address and the receiver’s on the box, so the post office knows who sent it and who gets it.

The Travel Rule asks banks and crypto exchanges to do the same with money: the names and details of the sender and receiver “travel” with the transfer.

The technical side

In the United States the Travel Rule, under the Bank Secrecy Act, requires financial institutions to pass on identifying information about the sender and recipient of transfers of $3,000 or more. Since 2019 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has asked countries to apply the same idea to crypto exchanges and other virtual asset service providers, and the EU applies it to crypto transfers with no minimum amount from 30 December 2024.

In October 2020 FinCEN and the Federal Reserve proposed cutting the US threshold for cross-border transfers from $3,000 to $250 and writing “convertible virtual currencies” into the rule. On 6 November 2026 they withdrew that proposal, effective 9 November, after nearly 3,000 public comments; the $3,000 threshold stays. Follow crypto rules on our regulation feed.

Travel Rule kya hai?

Travel Rule kehta hai ki ek tay rakam se bade transfer ke saath bhejne wale aur paane wale ki details bhi aage jaayein, jaise parcel par naam-pata likha hota hai. US mein ye seema $3,000 hai; ise crypto ke liye $250 karne ka 2020 ka proposal 6 Nov 2026 ko waapas le liya gaya.

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