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1934-07-01
U.S. Exchange Act rules apply to platforms trading digital asset securities through exchange, ATS, broker-dealer, and related registration...
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Abu Dhabi Global Market Unclear 0 Argentina Active framework 1 Australia Active framework 3 Austria Comprehensive framework 1 Bahamas Comprehensive framework 1 Bahrain Comprehensive framework 2 Bermuda Comprehensive framework 2 Bolivia In progress 1 Botswana Active framework 1 Brazil Comprehensive framework 15 British Virgin Islands Active framework 1 Cambodia Active framework 1 Canada Active framework 21 Cayman Islands Active framework 2 Chile Active framework 1 China Banned 3 Colombia In progress 1 Cuba Active framework 1 Czech Republic Comprehensive framework 1 El Salvador Comprehensive framework 2 Estonia Comprehensive framework 1 European Union Comprehensive framework 7 France Comprehensive framework 12 Germany Comprehensive framework 12 Ghana In progress 1 Gibraltar Comprehensive framework 1 Guernsey Active framework 1 Hong Kong Comprehensive framework 18 Hungary Comprehensive framework 1 India Active framework 5 Indonesia Active framework 3 International Unclear 6 Ireland Comprehensive framework 1 Isle of Man Active framework 1 Israel Active framework 1 Italy Comprehensive framework 1 Japan Comprehensive framework 4 Kazakhstan Comprehensive framework 1 Kenya Unclear 0 Kyrgyzstan Unclear 0 Latvia Unclear 0 Liechtenstein Unclear 0 Lithuania Unclear 0 Malaysia Active framework 2 Mexico Restricted 13 Nigeria Active framework 2 Pakistan Comprehensive framework 1 Philippines Active framework 2 Russia Restricted 15 Singapore Comprehensive framework 4 South Africa Active framework 2 South Korea Active framework 2 Spain Unclear 1 Switzerland Comprehensive framework 1 Taiwan In progress 2 Thailand Active framework 1 Turkey Active framework 2 United Arab Emirates Comprehensive framework 12 United Kingdom Active framework 23 United States Active framework 48 Vietnam Active framework 1
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Jan 1, 1980
Mexico’s VAT Law applies a 16% VAT to taxable sales, services, use or importation of goods or services....
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Jul 5, 2000
Canada’s federal AML/CFT statute establishes FINTRAC and imposes registration, reporting, identity-verification, recordkeeping, and risk-based compliance duties. It expressly...
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Feb 1, 2002
Russia’s general AML/CFT statute treats digital currency as property and applies identification, risk-control, reporting, freezing, recordkeeping, and anti-tipping-off...
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Jun 12, 2002
Canada’s core AML/ATF regulations prescribe transaction reporting, recordkeeping, identity verification and compliance-program rules, including CAD 10,000 virtual-currency reporting...
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Apr 1, 2003
Hong Kong’s core securities and futures statute. It empowers the SFC, sets licensing and market conduct rules, and...
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Jun 28, 2006
Mexico’s Securities Market Law has no separate security-token category. Tokenized instruments that fit the LMV definition of “valores”...
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Apr 1, 2010
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Japan’s Payment Services Act is the core framework for crypto-asset exchange services and electronic payment instruments, including stablecoin-related...
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Apr 1, 2012
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Hong Kong’s AML/CFT statute for CDD, recordkeeping, supervision and licensing across covered financial, DNFBP, money service, precious-metals and...
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Mar 18, 2013
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
FinCEN’s BSA regime treating certain CVC administrators and exchangers as money transmitters/MSBs, with registration, AML program, SAR, CTR,...
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