Effective
Sep 24, 2021
China’s 2021 PBOC-led virtual currency trading notice classified crypto business activity as illegal financial activity; it was repealed...
Crypto Policy Reference
AML/CFT
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for AML/CFT.
Partially effective
Feb 3, 2023
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Chile’s Fintech Law brings technology-based financial services, including cryptoasset-linked instruments, under CMF oversight, with Open Finance still phasing...
Effective
Feb 2, 2026
Brazil’s Central Bank Resolution 521/2025 brings specified virtual-asset services into the foreign-exchange framework, including international transfers, card-related transfers,...
Effective
Aug 31, 2024
CBUAE Circular No. 2/2024 regulates stablecoin-style payment tokens in the UAE through licensing/registration for issuance, conversion, custody and...
Effective
Dec 22, 2023
CBN guidance governing how banks and other CBN-regulated financial institutions may open and operate designated accounts for SEC-licensed...
Effective
Feb 25, 2019
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Bahrain’s in-force CBB Crypto-Asset Module regulates crypto-asset services, exchanges and digital token offerings, covering licensing, custody, AML/CFT, cyber...
Effective
Oct 31, 2020
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Cayman Islands VASP framework requiring registration or licensing for virtual asset services, with CIMA licensing for custody and...
In force
Jun 8, 2023
OECD/G20 global tax-transparency standard for automatic exchange of tax information on crypto-asset transactions, implemented through domestic rules, the...
Effective
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...
In committee
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Bill C-31 would add Part XXI to Canada’s Income Tax Act to implement OECD CARF, requiring reporting crypto-asset...
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