The global regulatory approach to digital assets has fundamentally shifted. The European Union’s Eighth Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8) and the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) have officially moved from abstract proposals to active enforcement. These rules change what a regulated crypto exchange must track. For everyday holders, this means users’ personal data, transaction volumes, and wallet addresses are sent directly to tax authorities. 

This is a direct shift from how the early crypto market operated. While privacy strategies exist to remove personal information from internet data broker sites, regulatory data collection is legally mandated and cannot be skipped if using a centralized service….