Effective
Jan 14, 2023
UAE federal resolution establishing the regulatory perimeter for virtual asset activities and VASPs, including licensing, AML/CFT, cybersecurity, local-authority...
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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
Mar 7, 2023
India PMLA regime treats VDA service providers as FIU-IND reporting entities for AML/CFT/CPF, covering exchange, transfer, custody, issuer...
Effective
Mar 10, 2023
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
FIU-IND guidance applies India’s PMLA AML/CFT/CPF obligations to VDA service providers, including FIU registration, KYC/CDD, STR reporting, record...
Effective
Apr 1, 2023
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Hong Kong’s AMLO amendment created SFC licensing for virtual asset exchanges and Customs registration for DPMS, extending AML/CFT,...
Effective
Apr 1, 2023
Kazakhstan’s framework law for digital assets, covering digital financial assets, unsecured digital assets, mining, licensed service providers, AIFC...
Repealed
May 15, 2023
AML/CFT Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more
UAE SCA resolution that set operating, listing, custody, transparency and trading-system duties for virtual asset platform operators. It...
Effective
Jun 1, 2023
AML/CFT Licensing & Registration Payments +1 more
SFC AML/CFT guidance for licensed corporations and SFC-licensed VASPs, covering risk-based controls, CDD, monitoring, suspicious reporting, records, training,...
Effective
Jun 1, 2023
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Hong Kong’s VASP/VATP regime licenses centralized virtual asset trading platforms under AMLO, with SFC supervision, AML/CFT, custody, governance,...
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...
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