Is Your Infrastructure Ready for 2026 Regulatory Scrutiny?

Global enforcement is no longer speculative. MiCA. SEC. Real-time auditability. This guide outlines what infrastructure must prove in 2026.

Institutional infrastructure is being evaluated now under assumptions that will define the next regulatory cycle.

Custody, governance, transaction flow, and data transparency are no longer backend concerns, they are the front lines of compliance risk.

This guide provides a practical framework to assess whether your organization's systems can stand up to scrutiny across jurisdictions and enforcement regimes.

The New Regulatory Reality

Institutional infrastructure is being evaluated now under assumptions that will define the next regulatory cycle.

Custody, governance, transaction flow, and data transparency are no longer backend concerns,  they are the front lines of compliance risk.

This guide provides a practical framework to assess whether your organization’s systems can stand up to scrutiny across jurisdictions and enforcement regimes.

What You'll Learn

How MiCA impacts custody models and asset issuance

What US regulators are signaling on transaction monitoring and disclosures

How to align data retention with audit and enforcement demands

Which governance controls map to compliance expectations

Indicators that your infrastructure is built for real-time assurance

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Who Should Download This

  • Legal and compliance officers tasked with regulatory alignment
  • Infrastructure leads building custody, L2, or trading systems
  • Protocol foundations preparing for jurisdictional exposure
  • Institutional partners evaluating DeFi integrations
  • Teams responding to increased regulator attention

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Why Cantina Built This

Need help aligning your infrastructure with 2026 requirements?

Cantina works with protocol teams, custodians, and institutional operators to scope readiness across architecture, access controls, and compliance visibility.

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If your organization is preparing for due diligence, integration, or regulated engagement, we can help apply this framework to your architecture and operations. Cantina scopes institutional reviews that cover both code and resilience.