Effective
Mar 31, 2026
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Australia’s 2024 AML/CTF Amendment Act replaces digital-currency terminology with virtual assets, expands VASP designated services, updates registration and...
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Licensing & Registration
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for Licensing & Registration.
Effective
Jul 29, 2024
Bahamas DARE Act 2024 regulates digital asset businesses, exchanges, token offerings, custody, staking, stablecoins, derivatives and market conduct.
Effective
Sep 10, 2018
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Bermuda’s Digital Asset Business Act 2018 requires BMA licensing for digital asset businesses and sets activity, custody, AML/ATF,...
Effective
Jun 20, 2023
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +3 more
Brazil’s Law 14,478/2022 sets federal rules for virtual asset services and VASPs, requiring authorization, preserving CVM securities jurisdiction,...
Effective
Jan 15, 2019
Malaysia’s 2019 prescription order treats qualifying digital currencies and digital tokens as securities under the Capital Markets and...
Effective
Oct 31, 2020
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Cayman Islands VASP framework requiring registration or licensing for virtual asset services, with CIMA licensing for custody and...
Effective
Aug 31, 2024
CBUAE Circular No. 2/2024 regulates stablecoin-style payment tokens in the UAE through licensing/registration for issuance, conversion, custody and...
Effective
Feb 6, 2026
CSRC filing and oversight guidance for offshore asset-backed securities tokens supported by Chinese domestic assets or related asset-right...
In force
Jan 1, 2026
DAC8 expands EU tax administrative cooperation to crypto-assets, requiring reporting crypto-asset service providers to collect and report transaction...
Effective
Nov 1, 2022
DFSA regime for Crypto Token activities in or from DIFC. Effective Nov. 1, 2022 and updated Jan. 12,...
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