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Law database

161 law profiles

Brazil BCB Resolution 520/2025: Virtual Asset Service Provider Operations

Resolução BCB nº 520/2025 Regulation Added Jul 8, 2026

Effective

Feb 2, 2026

AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more

Brazil’s Central Bank VASP operating rules covering authorization, operating categories, client-asset segregation, disclosures, outsourcing, AML/CFT controls and transition...

Brazil Central Bank Normative Instruction 693/2025 – Virtual Asset Service Reporting

Instrução Normativa BCB nº 693/2025 Regulation Added Jul 9, 2026

Effective

Feb 2, 2026

AML/CFT Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter Payments +2 more

Brazil’s BCB Instruction 693/2025 sets ACAM212 procedures for monthly reporting of virtual-asset services in the FX market, covering...

Central Bank Resolution No. 521/2025 on Virtual Assets in FX

Resolução BCB nº 521/2025 Regulation Added Jul 8, 2026

Effective

Feb 2, 2026

AML/CFT Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter Payments +2 more

Brazil’s Central Bank Resolution 521/2025 brings specified virtual-asset services into the foreign-exchange framework, including international transfers, card-related transfers,...

Vietnam Law on Digital Technology Industry: Digital-Asset Provisions

Law No. 71/2025/QH15 Act Added Jun 8, 2026

Effective

Jan 1, 2026

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

Vietnam’s 2025 Digital Technology Industry Law defines digital assets, virtual and cryptographic asset categories, exclusions for securities and...

Brazil Federal Revenue Normative Instruction No. 2,291/2025 DeCripto Reporting Regime

Instrução Normativa RFB nº 2.291/2025 Regulation Added Jul 9, 2026

Effective

Nov 17, 2025

AML/CFT Mining Payments +2 more

Brazil’s Receita Federal created DeCripto, a phased crypto-asset reporting declaration aligned with OECD CARF for service providers and...

Kenya Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025

Act No. 20 of 2025 Act Added Jul 27, 2026

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,...

Illinois Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act

205 ILCS 731; P.A. 104-0428; SB1797 Act Added Jun 5, 2026

Partially effective

Aug 18, 2025

AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more

Illinois DACPA creates a state registration and supervision regime for digital asset business activity, with disclosures, custody rules,...

Colorado Money Transmission Virtual Currency Regime

Colo. Rev. Stat. tit. 11, art. 110; HB25-1201 Act Added Jun 9, 2026

Effective

Aug 6, 2025

AML/CFT Consumer protection Licensing & Registration +2 more

Colorado applies its money transmission framework to fiat-linked crypto transmission. HB25-1201 replaced the prior Money Transmitters Act with...

Explanatory Note on Licensing of Stablecoin Issuers

Stablecoins Ordinance (Cap. 656) licensing guidance Agency guidance Added Jun 18, 2026

Effective

Aug 1, 2025

AML/CFT Consumer protection Licensing & Registration +2 more

HKMA guidance explaining how Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance licensing regime applies to stablecoin issuers, including scope, minimum criteria,...

Hong Kong HKMA Stablecoin Issuer AML/CFT Guideline

Stablecoins Ordinance s.171; AMLO s.7 Agency guidance Added Jun 18, 2026

Effective

Aug 1, 2025

AML/CFT Licensing & Registration Payments +2 more

HKMA statutory AML/CFT guideline for licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, setting risk-based controls, CDD, wallet screening, Travel...

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