# Compliance in Digital Asset Operations

Compliance should gate every material action — not live in a separate spreadsheet.

## Key Principles

- **Operational compliance primitives:** Embedded in payment and tokenization workflows.
- **Connect:** Identity and screening into digital-asset operations.
- **Define:** Approval thresholds, transfer restrictions, and operational controls.
- **Route:** Transactions and lifecycle events through governed approval paths.
- **Maintain:** Evidence packets for internal review and external audit requirements.

## Compliance Gates

- **Metrics:** Compliance gates sit at the points where risk actually materializes.
  - KYC and eligibility before account or investor activation.
  - Policy checks and approvals before movement or transfer.
  - Screening and exception handling tied to operational decisions.
  - Export audit-ready evidence for finance and compliance teams.

## Design Considerations

- **Design:** The control layer before transaction volume makes change expensive.