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Law database

244 law profiles

US FinCEN 2019 Convertible Virtual Currency Guidance

FIN-2019-G001 Agency guidance Added Jun 4, 2026

Effective

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AML/CFT Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +2 more

FinCEN’s 2019 CVC guidance explains how U.S. BSA money services business rules apply to common virtual currency business...

US SEC Digital Asset Funds and Custody Regime

15 USC 80a/80b; 17 CFR 270.17f, 275.206(4)-2; RIN 3235-AN46 Regulation Added Jun 4, 2026

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Consumer protection Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

U.S. SEC fund/adviser custody framework for covered crypto assets, including existing 1940 Act and Advisers Act rules, 2025...

US Securities Exchange Act Digital Asset Trading Regime

15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.; 17 C.F.R. 240.3b-16; Reg ATS Act Added Jun 4, 2026

Effective

1934-07-01

Custody Licensing & Registration Market abuse +2 more

U.S. Exchange Act rules apply to platforms trading digital asset securities through exchange, ATS, broker-dealer, and related registration...

Utah Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments (HB 230)

Utah H.B. 230 (2025), Chapter 228 Act Added Jun 9, 2026

Effective

May 7, 2025

Licensing & Registration Mining Payments +2 more

Utah H.B. 230 creates digital asset and blockchain technology provisions covering self-custody, payment acceptance, node/software activity, staking access,...

Washington Uniform Money Services Act Virtual Currency Regime

RCW 19.230; WAC 208-690; 2017 Wash. Laws ch. 30 Act Added Jun 10, 2026

Washington, U.S.

Effective

Jul 23, 2017

AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more

Washington regulates covered virtual-currency transmission under its Uniform Money Services Act, requiring money transmitter licensing, disclosures, like-kind holdings...

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 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...

California DFAL Crypto Kiosk Provisions

SB 401; Ch. 871, Stats. 2023; Fin. Code §§3901-3907 Act Added Jun 5, 2026

California, U.S.

Partially effective

Jan 1, 2024

Consumer protection Disclosure & Marketing Licensing & Registration +2 more

California DFAL Chapter 9 kiosk rules for digital financial asset transaction kiosks, including location reporting, $1,000 daily transaction...

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...

Canada Retail Payment Activities Act

S.C. 2021, c. 23, s. 177 Act Added Jun 24, 2026

Partially effective

Sep 8, 2025

Consumer protection Licensing & Registration Payments +1 more

Canada’s RPAA creates a Bank of Canada registration and supervision regime for covered payment service providers, including operational-risk,...

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