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Law database

198 law profiles

Wyoming Special Purpose Depository Institutions Act

Wyo. Stat. §§ 13-12-101 et seq.; 2019 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 92 Act Added Jun 9, 2026

Effective

Oct 1, 2019

AML/CFT Banking & Financial Access Custody +2 more

Wyoming law creating state-chartered, full-reserve special purpose depository institutions for nonlending banking, custody, payment services and related digital-asset...

Wyoming Stable Token Act

2023 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 185; W.S. §§ 40-31-101–110 Act Added Jun 3, 2026

Effective

Mar 17, 2023

CBDCs & State-Issued Tokens Custody Government Crypto Holdings +2 more

Wyoming law creating a state stable token commission and authorizing U.S. dollar-redeemable stable tokens backed through statutory trust,...

California Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL)

Cal. Fin. Code Div. 1.25, §§ 3101-3907 Act Added Jun 3, 2026

California, U.S.

Partially effective

Jan 1, 2024

Consumer protection Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more

California’s DFAL creates a DFPI licensing and supervision regime for many digital-asset businesses serving California residents, with phased...

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...

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,...

Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/621 Regulation Added Jun 22, 2026

Partially effective

Jun 30, 2026

AML/CFT Banking & Financial Access Custody +1 more

UK regulations amending the 2017 MLRs to refine due diligence, strengthen cryptoasset correspondent and change-in-control rules, update sterling...

legislation.gov.uk

UCC Article 12 Controllable Electronic Records Amendments

UCC Amendments (2022); Article 12 Act Added Jun 9, 2026

Partially effective

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Custody Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter Payments +1 more

Model UCC amendments creating Article 12 for controllable electronic records and revising Article 9 for digital-asset security interests,...

uniformlaws.org

UK Money Laundering Regulations Cryptoasset AML and Transfer Regime

S.I. 2017/692; S.I. 2019/1511; S.I. 2022/860; S.I. 2026/621 Regulation Added Jul 6, 2026

Partially effective

Jun 26, 2017

AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

UK MLRs require in-scope cryptoasset exchange and custodian wallet providers to register with the FCA, apply AML/CTF controls...

legislation.gov.uk

United Kingdom FCA Stablecoin Issuance and Cryptoasset Custody Regime

SI 2026/102; FCA CP25/14 Regulation Added Jun 3, 2026

Partially effective

Oct 25, 2027

Consumer protection Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

UK regime bringing fiat-referenced stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody into FCA regulation under FSMA. SI 2026/102 is made;...

legislation.gov.uk

Virtual Asset (Service Providers) (Amendment) Act 2024

Act 22 of 2024 Act Added Jul 20, 2026

Partially effective

Apr 1, 2025

AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more

Cayman Islands amendment advancing Phase Two of the VASP regime by licensing custody and trading-platform services, tightening governance,...

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