AML/CTF virtual asset service provider registration regime

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024

Australia's AML/CTF Amendment Act 2024 modernises the AML/CTF framework and expands the covered services perimeter to additional virtual-asset activities. Major Tranche 2 changes, including new reporting-entity categories, commenced in 2026. Royal Assent was granted on 10 December 2024; commencement is staged by schedule and must not be represented by a single effective date.

Australia Digital Assets Financial Product Guidance

ASIC Information Sheet 225 – Digital assets: financial products and services

Explains when digital assets and related services fall within financial-services and markets law.

Decision No. E/35/2023 — VASP Registration and AML/CFT Instructions

Decision No. E/35/2023 on Virtual Asset Service Provider Registration, Cancellation of Registration and AML/CFT Instructions

Oman's FSA Decision No. E/35/2023 requires registration with the Oman Financial Services Authority (formerly Capital Market Authority) before carrying on covered virtual-asset activities in the Sultanate of Oman. It implements AML/CFT, governance and compliance requirements, and provides registration, cancellation and supervisory procedures. This is a VASP registration/AML regime and should be distinguished from any future full licensing framework.

BCB Resolutions No. 519, 520 and 521 of 2025 — Virtual Asset Regulatory Framework

Resoluções BCB nos. 519, 520 e 521, de 10 de novembro de 2025

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Resolutions No. 519, 520 and 521 of 10 November 2025 implement the virtual-asset regulatory framework under the supervision of the Central Bank. Resolution 519 establishes VASP authorisation procedures; Resolution 520 sets activity, governance, controls, security and conduct requirements; Resolution 521 integrates specified virtual-asset operations into Brazil's foreign-exchange and international-capital rules. Commencement is staged during 2026 — verify the effective date for each resolution separately.

IOSCO Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets (2023)

Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets — Final Report (FR11/2023)

The IOSCO Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets (2023) contain 18 recommendations grounded in the principle of consistent regulation of economically equivalent activities. They address conflicts of interest, market manipulation, custody, disclosure, retail risks and cross-border cooperation. IOSCO recommendations are not self-executing domestic law — implementation depends on member regulators in their respective jurisdictions.

Utility Token Offering Act, 2018 (Act No. 4/2018)

Utility Token Offering Act, 2018 (Act No. 4 of 2018)

Anguilla's Utility Token Offering Act 2018 (Act No. 4/2018) is one of the world's earliest purpose-built utility-token offering frameworks. It creates registration requirements for utility-token issuers, sets offering, disclosure and issuer-qualification conditions, and works with AML regulations and later amendments. Verify the most recent consolidation — a 2020 amendment may affect the effective/status fields.