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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...
Canada Crypto Regulation
Explore Canada’s crypto laws, including exchange registration, securities rules, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset regulation.
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Jul 16, 2025
Canada’s CSA amendments to NI 81-102 set investment, eligibility and custody rules for reporting issuer investment funds with...
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Canadian staff guidance on how securities legislation and former IIROC rules apply to crypto-trading platform advertising, promotions and...
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Jun 1, 2021
Canada’s travel rule requires covered financial entities and money services businesses to transmit prescribed originator and beneficiary information...
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Jun 1, 2020
Canada’s federal AML/CFT framework requires domestic and qualifying foreign businesses dealing in virtual currency to register with FINTRAC...
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Jun 1, 2021
Canada’s AML/CFT regime requires reporting entities to report receipt of virtual currency worth CAD 10,000 or more, including...
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Canadian guidance on how securities and derivatives requirements apply to crypto-asset trading platforms, covering registration, marketplace oversight, custody,...
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Jul 6, 2023
Canadian CSA staff guidance for public crypto asset funds, covering NI 81-102, custody, valuation, liquidity, staking, KYC/KYP and...
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Canadian securities regulators’ current staff guidance explains when token offerings—including utility tokens and SAFT structures—may involve securities, emphasizing...
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Canadian CSA staff guidance on when ICOs, token offerings, crypto investment funds and trading platforms may trigger securities-law,...
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