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Law database

198 law profiles

QFC Digital Asset Regulations 2024 (Qatar)

QFC Regs 2024 – Digital Asset Regulations 2024 Regulation Added Oct 1, 2026

Effective

Sep 1, 2024

Consumer protection Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

QFC regulations establishing a tokenisation framework for permitted tokens, token ownership and transfer rules, QFC Court remedies, and...

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Singapore Expanded Payment Services Act DPT Amendments

No. 1 of 2021; S 285/2024, S 286/2024, S 287/2024 Act Added Jun 8, 2026

Effective

Apr 4, 2024

AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more

Singapore’s 2021 Payment Services Act amendments expanded MAS oversight of DPT services, including custody, transfer and exchange facilitation,...

Singapore Financial Services and Markets Regulations 2025

S 342/2025 Regulation Added Jun 6, 2026

Effective

Jun 30, 2025

AML/CFT Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more

Singapore’s 2025 DTSP Regulations implement FSMA Part 9 for digital token services provided outside Singapore, setting licensing, financial,...

Singapore Payment Services Act 2019

Act 2 of 2019 Act Added Jun 3, 2026

Effective

Jan 28, 2020

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

Singapore’s Payment Services Act 2019 creates MAS licensing and oversight for payment services, including digital payment token services,...

South Africa FSCA Declaration of Crypto Assets as Financial Products

General Notice 1350 of 2022; Gov. Gazette No. 47334 Regulation Added Jun 5, 2026

Effective

Oct 19, 2022

Consumer protection Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

South Africa’s FSCA declared crypto assets to be financial products under the FAIS Act, bringing crypto advice and...

South Korea Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users

Act No. 19563; amended by Act No. 20372 Act Added Jun 4, 2026

Effective

Jul 19, 2024

Consumer protection Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more

South Korea’s statute requiring VASPs to segregate deposits and assets, hold reserves or insurance, retain records, monitor abnormal...

Spain Securities Markets Act: Tokenized Securities Treatment

Ley 6/2023; BOE-A-2023-7053 Act Added Jul 1, 2026

Effective

Apr 7, 2023

Custody Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +2 more

Spain’s Law 6/2023 recognizes financial instruments and negotiable securities represented on DLT, setting rules for issuance documents, registry...

Switzerland DLT Act

AS 2021 33; BBl 2020 7801 Act Added Jun 4, 2026

Effective

Aug 1, 2021

Custody Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +2 more

Switzerland’s DLT Act amended federal law to recognize ledger-based securities, enable DLT trading facilities, and clarify treatment of...

Taiwan VASP AML Registration Regime

MLCA Art. 6; FSC Order 11303860246 Regulation Added Jun 5, 2026

Effective

Nov 30, 2024

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

Taiwan’s amended Money Laundering Control Act Article 6 requires VASPs to complete FSC AML registration before providing virtual...

Thailand Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018)

B.E. 2561 (2018), as amended by No. 2 B.E. 2568 (2025) Decree Added Jun 5, 2026

Effective

May 14, 2018

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

Thailand’s Digital Asset Business Decree regulates digital token offerings and licensed digital asset businesses, with SEC/MOF supervision, client-asset,...

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