EU Mandates Transparency for Crypto Transactions Above €1,000 Starting 2027
The European Union is set to eliminate anonymity in cryptocurrency transactions, with new regulations taking effect July 1, 2027. Transfers exceeding €1,000 will require full disclosure of sender and recipient identities. Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe frames this as a critical step in bringing blockchain assets under formal regulatory oversight.
Centralized platforms and self-custodial wallets must now maintain comprehensive user identification records. The move polarizes the crypto community—hailed as a security necessity by regulators, decried as ideological betrayal by decentralization purists.