One of the hardest lessons crypto has to learn: compliance cannot be an afterthought.Traditional finance figured this out decades ago. Banks, brokerages, and payment processors learned early that transparency doesn't just satisfy regulators. It creates trust.Crypto's early years ignored that truth. Projects operated in the dark, building systems that worked only until regulators showed up. The result? Endless scrambling. Last-minute audits, rushed disclosures, emergency fixes.It cost credibility. It cost adoption.That era is ending. Transparency Creates Natural ComplianceThe simplest rule in finance: keep your books clean and open, and you rarely need to worry about what regulators will find.Compliance stops being...