Effective
Jun 1, 2020
Canada’s federal AML/CFT framework requires domestic and qualifying foreign businesses dealing in virtual currency to register with FINTRAC...
Crypto Policy Reference
Licensing & Registration
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for Licensing & Registration.
Effective
Jun 12, 2002
Canada’s core AML/ATF regulations prescribe transaction reporting, recordkeeping, identity verification and compliance-program rules, including CAD 10,000 virtual-currency reporting...
Effective
Jul 5, 2000
Canada’s federal AML/CFT statute establishes FINTRAC and imposes registration, reporting, identity-verification, recordkeeping, and risk-based compliance duties. It expressly...
Effective
Sep 8, 2025
Canada’s SOR/2023-229 implements the RPAA through payment-service-provider registration, operational-risk and incident controls, end-user fund safeguarding, reporting, recordkeeping and...
Effective
Aug 19, 2024
Russia’s Federal Law No. 221-FZ defines digital-currency mining, creates miner and infrastructure-operator registries, requires production and address reporting,...
Effective
Feb 9, 2021
Russia’s in-force admission regime for legal entities operating DFA issuance systems or DFA exchanges. The Bank of Russia...
Effective
Feb 9, 2021
The Bank of Russia requires eligible legal entities to obtain approval of DFA exchange rules and entry in...
In committee
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Russian Bill No. 1209607-8 would create Criminal Code Article 171.7 for unlawfully organizing digital-currency circulation involving large damage...
In committee
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Russian legislative package proposing a Bank of Russia-supervised market for digital currencies and digital rights, with regulated intermediaries,...
Effective
Jan 1, 2021
Licensing & Registration Mining Payments +2 more
Russia’s framework for issuing and trading digital financial assets, supervising registered operators, restricting domestic crypto payments, and regulating...
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