Effective
Jul 15, 2025
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
SFC handbook explaining Hong Kong’s dual licensing process for centralized VATP operators under the SFO and AMLO, including...
Crypto Policy Reference
Licensing & Registration
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for Licensing & Registration.
Effective
Jul 17, 2013
Mexico’s LFPIORPI is an in-force AML statute that treats certain virtual-asset exchange, custody, storage, and transfer services as...
Proposed
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AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Hong Kong’s FSTB and SFC proposal would create an SFC licensing or registration regime for virtual asset dealing...
Effective
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Uruguay’s Law No. 20,345 established supervision of virtual-asset service providers and recognition of distributed-ledger securities. Its original supervisory...
Effective
Jun 30, 2024
Latvia’s 2024 crypto-asset services law designates Latvijas Banka as MiCA supervisor and sets local fees, powers, sanctions, and...
Effective
Jul 28, 2022
Kyrgyz Republic framework for virtual assets covering legal status, mining, issuance, VASP licensing, AML/CFT duties, advertising, and supervision.
Effective
Nov 4, 2025
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Kenya’s Act No. 20 of 2025 creates a licensing and supervisory framework for VASPs in or from Kenya,...
Effective
Apr 1, 2023
Kazakhstan’s framework law for digital assets, covering digital financial assets, unsecured digital assets, mining, licensed service providers, AIFC...
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Canadian staff guidance on how securities legislation and former IIROC rules apply to crypto-trading platform advertising, promotions and...
Effective
Apr 1, 2010
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Japan’s Payment Services Act is the core framework for crypto-asset exchange services and electronic payment instruments, including stablecoin-related...
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