Effective
Jun 1, 2023
Japan’s 2022 PSA amendments created the Electronic Payment Instrument regime for fiat-linked stablecoins, with issuer, intermediary-registration, user-protection and...
Crypto Policy Reference
AML/CFT
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for AML/CFT.
Effective
Jun 1, 2023
Japan’s 2022 omnibus payment-services act brings stablecoin intermediaries, high-value transferable prepaid instruments, and related digital payment actors into...
Effective
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...
Effective
Apr 1, 2023
Kazakhstan’s framework law for digital assets, covering digital financial assets, unsecured digital assets, mining, licensed service providers, AIFC...
Effective
Nov 4, 2025
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Kenya’s Act No. 20 of 2025 creates a licensing and supervisory framework for VASPs in or from Kenya,...
Effective
Jul 28, 2022
Kyrgyz Republic framework for virtual assets covering legal status, mining, issuance, VASP licensing, AML/CFT duties, advertising, and supervision.
Effective
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Uruguay’s Law No. 20,345 established supervision of virtual-asset service providers and recognition of distributed-ledger securities. Its original supervisory...
Proposed
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AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Hong Kong’s FSTB and SFC proposal would create an SFC licensing or registration regime for virtual asset dealing...
Effective
Jul 17, 2013
Mexico’s LFPIORPI is an in-force AML statute that treats certain virtual-asset exchange, custody, storage, and transfer services as...
Effective
Jul 15, 2025
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
SFC handbook explaining Hong Kong’s dual licensing process for centralized VATP operators under the SFO and AMLO, including...
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