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Law database

244 law profiles

PVARA: Pakistan Virtual Assets Act 2026

XIII of 2026 Act Added Jun 6, 2026

Effective

Mar 5, 2026

AML/CFT Banking & Financial Access Consumer protection +2 more

Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Act, 2026 establishes PVARA as the federal regulator for virtual assets and VASPs, creating licensing,...

Wyoming Virtual Currency Kiosk Act

HB0075; HEA No. 0019; 2026 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 60; W.S. 40-32 Act Added Jun 10, 2026

Effective

Mar 6, 2026

AML/CFT Consumer protection Licensing & Registration +1 more

Wyoming HB0075 creates W.S. 40-32-101 through 40-32-103 for virtual currency kiosks, limiting operation to licensed money transmitters or...

Australia AML/CTF Amendment Act 2024: Virtual-Asset Reforms

No. 110, 2024; C2024A00110 Act Added Jun 6, 2026

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...

Circular on Tokenisation of SFC-authorised Investment Products

SFC Circular Ref. 26EC22 Agency guidance Added Jun 17, 2026

Effective

Apr 20, 2026

Disclosure & Marketing Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +2 more

Hong Kong SFC guidance on tokenising SFC-authorised investment products, covering product-provider responsibility, ownership records, controls, disclosure and approvals.

Hong Kong SFC Circular on SFC-Authorised Funds with Exposure to Virtual Assets

SFC refNo 26EC31 Agency guidance Added Jun 17, 2026

Effective

May 27, 2026

Custody Disclosure & Marketing Licensing & Registration +2 more

Hong Kong SFC guidance for authorised funds with more than 10% NAV exposure to virtual assets, covering eligible...

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...

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California DFAL Stablecoin Amendments

AB 1934; Ch. 945, Stats. 2024; Fin. Code §§3601-3605 Act Added Jun 4, 2026

California, U.S.

Enacted

Jul 1, 2026

Consumer protection Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more

California amendments to DFAL that delay licensing and stablecoin operative dates to July 1, 2026, add monthly compliance...

France Digital Asset Services Regime

CMF arts. L.54-10-1 to L.54-10-7 Regulation Added Jul 7, 2026

Effective

Jul 1, 2026

AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more

France’s Monetary and Financial Code established the PSAN/DASP regime for crypto services and now anchors MiCA CASP authorization...

Virginia Money Transmission Modernization Act: Virtual Currency Treatment

2025 Va. Acts ch. 214; HB 1942 Act Added Jun 10, 2026

Enacted

Jul 1, 2026

Consumer protection Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +1 more

Virginia’s 2025 MTMA-style law creates a new money-transmitter framework effective July 1, 2026. It defines virtual currency but...

Florida Virtual Currency Kiosk Registration Regime

CS/HB 505; proposed F.S. ss. 560.501-560.507 Bill Added Jun 5, 2026

Passed

Jan 1, 2027

AML/CFT Consumer protection Disclosure & Marketing +2 more

Florida CS/HB 505 would create an OFR registration regime for virtual currency kiosk businesses, with fraud warnings, limits,...

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