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10/ 84% illicit volume. Secondary market monitoring. Smart contract freeze capability. Multi-hop profiling. This report is a regulatory turning point. The question isn't whether compliance is necessary. It's whether the industry builds it in a way that doesn't sacrifice every user's privacy to get there.

9/ The future of blockchain isn't regulation vs. privacy. It's whether the industry builds the architecture to honor both — or hands that decision to bodies like FATF by default. What gets built in the next 24 months will determine which future we get.

FATF just published a targeted report on stablecoins and unhosted wallets. 84% of all illicit crypto volume now runs through stablecoins. And the proposed fix is: monitor everything. 🧵

6/The frameworks being built right now — who coordinates what, how compliance flows, how agents operate across jurisdictions — aren't just regulatory questions. They're coordination problems. The countries that solve the coordination layer win. Pakistan just showed that emerging markets aren't waiting for permission to figure that out.

5/What's interesting beyond the regulation itself: Pakistan is positioning this as infrastructure for the Global South — framing blockchain as a new financial rail for remittances, cross-border payments, and capital access. And they've already signed an MOU with a World Liberty Financial affiliate to explore USD1 stablecoin integration for cross-border transactions.

🇵🇰Pakistan passed the Virtual Assets Act 2026 — turning a temporary presidential ordinance into permanent law. A country that banned crypto in 2018 now has a dedicated federal regulator, criminal penalties for unlicensed operators, and special blockchain zones in the pipeline. That's a full 180-degree change in under 8 years. 👁️🧵

4/ This step builds on prior harmonization (Project Crypto) and points to clearer pathways for DeFi, derivatives, and prediction markets. A maturation that could unlock institutional scale while preserving U.S. competitiveness. #CryptoRegulation #DeFi #CFTC #SEC #DigitalAssets

3/ Atkins reinforced collaboration, including a shared “taxonomy” for crypto assets to distinguish securities from commodities. Past regulatory uncertainty drove activity offshore; the focus now is domestic leadership and reduced enforcement-driven approaches.

At the Milken Institute's Future of Finance 2026 event yesterday, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins signaled coordinated progress on crypto regulation. There are joint efforts to modernize rules, provide clarity, and retain on-chain innovation domestically under “same activity, same risk” principles. 🧵👁️🧵 #CryptoRegulation #SEC