A year after the Draghi Report’s call to restore European competitiveness, the EU remains short of outcome-oriented instruments to accurately monitor the tangible effects of its regulatory agenda. This article proposes a new, streamlined monitoring system based on three foundations (decentralisation, outcome-based indicators, and incentivised compliance) and discusses ways in which blockchain and artificial intelligence can lower compliance costs and enable real-time monitoring though regulatory sandboxes, innovation partnerships, and smarter, trust-enabled monitoring, rendering accountability a force for change