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Law database

161 law profiles

India PMLA VDA Service Provider AML/CFT Regime

PMLA 2002; S.O. 1072(E); F. No. P-12011/12/2022-ES Cell-DOR Regulation Added Jun 5, 2026

Effective

Mar 7, 2023

AML/CFT Custody Enforcement & Asset Recovery +2 more

India PMLA regime treats VDA service providers as FIU-IND reporting entities for AML/CFT/CPF, covering exchange, transfer, custody, issuer...

Chile Fintech Law No. 21,521: Cryptoasset and Financial Technology Provisions

Ley N° 21.521 (Chile) Act Added Jun 8, 2026

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...

British Virgin Islands Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022

No. 17 of 2022 Act Added Jul 15, 2026

British Virgin Islands

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...

UAE Cabinet Decision No. 112/2022: VARA Virtual Asset Delegation

Cabinet Decision No. 112/2022 Decree Added Jun 16, 2026

United Arab Emirates

Effective

Jan 14, 2023

AML/CFT Enforcement & Asset Recovery Licensing & Registration +2 more

Delegates specified federal virtual-asset regulatory powers to Dubai’s VARA for Dubai and its non-DIFC free zones, including VASP...

UAE Cabinet Resolution No. 111 of 2022 Virtual Assets Regulation

Cabinet Resolution No. (111) of 2022 Regulation Added Jun 16, 2026

United Arab Emirates

Effective

Jan 14, 2023

AML/CFT Consumer protection Licensing & Registration +2 more

UAE federal resolution establishing the regulatory perimeter for virtual asset activities and VASPs, including licensing, AML/CFT, cybersecurity, local-authority...

DFSA Crypto Token Regime

DIFC Law No.4/2022; DFSA GEN 3A; RMI328/2022; RMI423/2025 Regulation Added Jun 16, 2026

United Arab Emirates

Effective

Nov 1, 2022

AML/CFT Disclosure & Marketing Licensing & Registration +2 more

DFSA regime for Crypto Token activities in or from DIFC. Effective Nov. 1, 2022 and updated Jan. 12,...

Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/860 Act Added Jun 22, 2026

Effective

Sep 1, 2022

AML/CFT Enforcement & Asset Recovery Licensing & Registration +1 more

UK statutory instrument amending the 2017 Money Laundering Regulations. It introduced the cryptoasset Travel Rule, FCA change-in-control review,...

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Kyrgyz Law on Virtual Assets (2022)

Law No. 12 of Jan. 21, 2022 Act Added Jul 27, 2026

Effective

Jul 28, 2022

AML/CFT Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +2 more

Kyrgyz Republic framework for virtual assets covering legal status, mining, issuance, VASP licensing, AML/CFT duties, advertising, and supervision.

Nigeria SEC Digital Asset Issuance, Platform and Custody Rules

SEC Nigeria Rules dated 11 May 2022 Act Added Jun 5, 2026

Effective

May 11, 2022

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

Nigeria SEC rules for digital asset securities, DAOPs, DACs, VASPs and DAXs, covering initial assessment, issuer registration, platform...

Dubai Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets

Dubai Law No. (4) of 2022 Act Added Jun 16, 2026

United Arab Emirates

Effective

Mar 11, 2022

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

Dubai’s 2022 Virtual Assets Law established VARA and a permit-based regime for virtual asset services across Dubai, including...

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