Reform to the Bitcoin Law

Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales

El Salvador regulates public offerings of digital assets, creates CNAD oversight, and requires registration and disclosure for issuers, certifiers and digital-asset service providers. Current state: In force from 2023-02-01; implementing CNAD standards also apply

El Salvador Digital Assets Issuance Law

Digital Assets Issuance Law

Creates a statutory framework for public digital-asset offerings and regulated service providers.

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.

SBS Resolution No. 02648-2024 — AML/CFT Rules for VASPs

Resolución SBS N.° 02648-2024 — Normas para la Gestión de Riesgos de LA/FT aplicable a PSAVs

Peru's SBS Resolution No. 02648-2024 applies AML/CFT risk-management and compliance duties to virtual asset service providers (PSAVs) supervised by UIF-Peru. It requires customer due diligence, recordkeeping and suspicious-transaction reporting. The resolution also contains a travel-rule chapter, but commencement of the travel rule has been deferred to 1 January 2029 through a later amendment — the travel rule is not currently effective.

Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act, 2020 — 2024 Revision and Phase Two Licensing

Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision)

The Cayman Islands Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act 2020, as revised in 2024, creates registration and supervisory requirements for virtual-asset service providers operating in or from the Cayman Islands. Phase Two, effective 1 April 2025, introduces full licensing requirements for custody and virtual-asset trading platforms. The canonical profile covers the Act with the linked 2024 amendment and 2025 commencement order.