Effective
Sep 15, 2021
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Sets Cuba’s central-bank framework for selected virtual asset use and VASP licensing for financial, exchange, collection, and payment...
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Global crypto law status
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Jurisdictions 68 tracked
Argentina Active framework 1 Australia Active framework 3 Austria Comprehensive framework 1 Bahamas Comprehensive framework 1 Bahrain Comprehensive framework 2 Bermuda Comprehensive framework 3 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 Comprehensive framework 1 Kyrgyzstan Active framework 1 Latvia Comprehensive framework 1 Liechtenstein Comprehensive framework 1 Lithuania Comprehensive framework 1 Luxembourg Comprehensive framework 1 Malaysia Active framework 2 Malta Comprehensive framework 1 Mauritius Active framework 1 Mexico Restricted 14 Mongolia Active framework 1 Namibia Unclear 1 Nigeria Active framework 3 Pakistan Comprehensive framework 1 Philippines Active framework 2 Qatar Unclear 1 Russia Restricted 15 Serbia Unclear 1 Singapore Comprehensive framework 4 South Africa Active framework 2 South Korea Active framework 2 Spain Comprehensive framework 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 Uruguay Active framework 1 Vietnam Active framework 1
68Jurisdictions tracked 387Law profiles 284Active laws 8New in 30 days
Effective
Dec 24, 2021
Colombia’s UIAF requires virtual-asset service providers to submit suspicious-operation, transaction, absence, and customer reports through SIREL.
Partially effective
Apr 1, 2025
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Cayman Islands amendment advancing Phase Two of the VASP regime by licensing custody and trading-platform services, tightening governance,...
Effective
Dec 26, 2024
Cambodia’s NBC prakas sets approval and licensing paths for banks, payment service institutions and CASPs handling cryptoasset exchange,...
Effective
Feb 15, 2025
Czech act adapting MiCA and DORA. It designates the Czech National Bank as competent authority, sets CASP and...
Repealed
Feb 25, 2022
AML/CFT Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more
Botswana’s 2022 Act created a NBFIRA licensing regime for VASPs and initial token offerings, with custody, disclosure, conduct...
Effective
Feb 1, 2023
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
BVI statute requiring FSC registration and supervision for VASPs operating in or from the Virgin Islands, with rules...
Effective
Jun 26, 2024
Bolivia’s central bank rescinded its 2020 restriction on use of electronic payment instruments for virtual-asset purchase and sale...
Effective
May 6, 2020
Bermuda’s Digital Asset Issuance Act 2020 places public digital asset issuances in or from Bermuda under BMA oversight,...
Effective
Jul 2, 2025
Bahrain’s CBB Rulebook Module SIO creates a licensing and supervision framework for stablecoin issuers, covering approved fiat-backed stablecoins,...
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