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OtherIn ForceOman

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

Added August 29, 2026Ref: Decision No. E/35/2023

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.

LicensingAML/KYCExchanges
fsa.gov.omView Law Profile
RegulationPartially EffectiveBrazil

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

Added August 29, 2026Ref: BCB Resolution No. 519/2025; No. 520/2025; No. 521/2025

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.

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bcb.gov.brView Law Profile
OtherCurrent International StandardInternational

FSB High-Level Recommendations for Crypto-Asset Activities and Markets (2023)

High-Level Recommendations for the Regulation, Supervision and Oversight of Crypto-Asset Activities and Markets — Final Report (July 2023)

Added August 29, 2026Ref: FSB 2023-07-17

The FSB's High-Level Recommendations for Crypto-Asset Activities and Markets (2023) set nine recommendations for consistent regulation, supervision and oversight of crypto-asset issuers, service providers, activities and markets. They cover regulatory powers, governance, risk management, data, disclosures and cross-border cooperation. A separate revised set addresses global stablecoin arrangements. FSB recommendations are not self-executing domestic law.

SecuritiesStablecoinsBanking
fsb.orgView Law Profile
OtherCurrent International StandardInternational

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

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

Added August 29, 2026Ref: 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.

SecuritiesExchangesConsumer Protection
iosco.orgView Law Profile
ActIn ForceAnguilla

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

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

Added August 29, 2026Ref: 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.

Token IssuanceLicensing
wca-ai.gov.aiView Law Profile
RegulationPartially EffectivePeru

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

Added August 29, 2026Effective: August 2, 2024Ref: Resolución SBS No. 02648-2024

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.

AML/KYCExchangesPayments
sbs.gob.peView Law Profile
ActIn ForceGermany

Financial Market Digitalisation Act (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz — FinmadiG)

Gesetz zur Digitalisierung des Finanzmarktes (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz — FinmadiG)

Added August 29, 2026Effective: December 30, 2024Ref: FinmadiG (BGBl. I 2024)

Germany's Financial Market Digitalisation Act (FinmadiG) aligns German financial-market law with MiCA and DORA, establishes national supervisory powers and enforcement mechanisms for BaFin, and addresses the transition from existing German crypto-custody regulation. It applies to German financial entities, CASPs and other firms affected by MiCA/DORA national implementation.

LicensingExchangesAML/KYC
recht.bund.deView Law Profile
RegulationEnacted — Not Yet EffectiveEuropean Union

Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 — Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing

Added August 29, 2026Effective: July 10, 2027Ref: Regulation (EU) 2024/1624

Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (AMLR) is a directly applicable EU regulation creating AML/CFT obligations for obliged entities, expressly including crypto-asset service providers (CASPs). It works with the AMLA Regulation, AMLD6 and the EU crypto travel rule. Note: the regulation is legally in force, but general application date is 10 July 2027 — it should not be described as currently applicable to CASPs.

AML/KYCExchanges
eur-lex.europa.euView Law Profile
OtherIn ForceUnited Arab Emirates

UAE Cabinet Resolution No. 111 of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets and Their Service Providers

Cabinet Resolution No. (111) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets and Their Service Providers

Added August 29, 2026Ref: Cabinet Resolution No. 111 of 2022

UAE Cabinet Resolution No. 111 of 2022 creates a federal regulatory perimeter for virtual assets and virtual-asset service providers across the UAE, subject to exclusions and coordination with local and free-zone authorities including VARA (Dubai), ADGM and DIFC. It allocates licensing and supervisory roles between federal (SCA) and local authorities and establishes authorisation and compliance foundations. It does not replace or supersede the VARA, ADGM or DIFC regimes.

LicensingExchangesAML/KYC
uaelegislation.gov.aeView Law Profile
ActPartially EffectiveCayman Islands

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

Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (2024 Revision)

Added August 29, 2026Effective: April 1, 2025Ref: VASP Act (2020); 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.

LicensingExchangesAML/KYCConsumer Protection
cima.kyView Law Profile
RegulationIn ForceTurkey

Communiques III-35/B.1 and III-35/B.2 — CASP Establishment, Operations and Capital Adequacy

Tebliğler III-35/B.1 ve III-35/B.2 — Kripto Varlık Hizmet Sağlayıcılarına İlişkin Tebliğler

Added August 29, 2026Effective: March 13, 2025Ref: Communique III-35/B.1; Communique III-35/B.2

SPK Communiques III-35/B.1 and III-35/B.2 are the principal implementing regulations under Turkey's Law No. 7518. They detail establishment and activity conditions for CASPs, set operational, governance and internal-control requirements, and establish capital-adequacy and continuing compliance rules for CASP applicants and licensed operators under the amended Capital Markets Law.

LicensingExchangesAML/KYC
spk.gov.trView Law Profile
AmendmentIn ForceTurkey

Law No. 7518 Amending the Capital Markets Law — Crypto Asset Service Providers

Sermaye Piyasası Kanununda Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun No. 7518

Added August 29, 2026Effective: July 2, 2024Ref: Law No. 7518

Turkey's Law No. 7518 amends the Capital Markets Law to place crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) under regulation and supervision by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (SPK). It creates authorisation, governance, custody and enforcement foundations for the CASP sector, requires transition of existing operators and supports the secondary regulation framework implemented through SPK communiques.

LicensingExchangesAML/KYC
spk.gov.trView Law Profile
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RegulationIn ForceBolivia

Resolución de Directorio N° 082/2024

Added August 26, 2026Effective: June 26, 2024Ref: Resolución de Directorio N° 082/2024

Bolivia's central bank rescinded Resolution 144/2020 and enabled electronic payment channels and instruments for buying and selling virtual assets, coordinated with ASFI and UIF. Current state: In force from 2024-06-26; it removes the prior payments-channel restriction but does not make virtual assets legal tender

AML/KYCBankingConsumer ProtectionPayments+1 more
bcb.gob.boView Law Profile
ActIn ForceBritish Virgin Islands

Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022

Added August 26, 2026Effective: February 1, 2023Ref: No. 17 of 2022

The BVI requires FSC registration and ongoing supervision for VASPs operating in or from the Virgin Islands, covering exchange, transfer, custody and participation in virtual-asset services. Current state: In force from 2023-02-01 with FSC rules and AML/CFT legislation

AML/KYCConsumer ProtectionCustodyLicensing+1 more
bvifsc.vgView Law Profile
ActIn ForceGuernsey

Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 — Part III

Added August 26, 2026Effective: July 1, 2023Ref: LCF Law 2022, Part III

Guernsey places VASPs under a Part III licensing regime covering exchange, transfer, custody, administration and specified token-offer services. Current state: Part III VASP licensing regime in force from 2023-07-01

AML/KYCCustodyLicensingExchanges+1 more
guernseylegalresources.ggView Law Profile
ActRepealedBotswana

Virtual Assets Act, 2022

Added August 26, 2026Effective: February 25, 2022Ref: Act No. 3 of 2022

Botswana's 2022 Act created a NBFIRA licensing regime for VASPs and initial token offerings, with governance, AML/CFT, custody, disclosure, conduct and enforcement provisions; it is retained here as historical law. Current state: Historical NBFIRA licensing regime; official supplied PDF marks the 2022 Act as superseded/repealed, but the precise repeal commencement should be confirmed from the replacing gazette instrument

AML/KYCCustodyAdvertisingLicensing+1 more
nbfira.org.bwView Law Profile
GuidanceStruck DownIndia

Prohibition on dealing in Virtual Currencies

Added August 26, 2026Effective: April 6, 2018Ref: RBI/2017-18/154; DBR.No.BP.BC.104/08.13.102/2017-18

The RBI circular barred RBI-regulated entities from dealing in virtual currencies or facilitating related services; the Supreme Court set it aside on proportionality grounds in 2020. Current state: No longer valid from 2020-03-04 after Supreme Court judgment

BankingConsumer ProtectionAML/KYCEnforcement
rbi.org.inView Law Profile
ActIn ForceIndonesia

Law concerning Development and Strengthening of the Financial Sector

Added August 26, 2026Effective: January 12, 2023Ref: Law No. 4 of 2023; LN 2023 No. 4; TLN No. 6845

Indonesia's P2SK omnibus law brings digital financial assets, including crypto-assets, within the financial-sector perimeter and transfers supervisory responsibility to OJK. Current state: In force; crypto/digital financial-asset supervision transitioned to OJK under implementing arrangements

Consumer ProtectionCustodyLicensingExchanges
peraturan.bpk.go.idView Law Profile