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Canadian CSA staff guidance on when ICOs, token offerings, crypto investment funds and trading platforms may trigger securities-law,...
Crypto Policy Reference
Licensing & Registration
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for Licensing & Registration.
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Canadian securities regulators’ current staff guidance explains when token offerings—including utility tokens and SAFT structures—may involve securities, emphasizing...
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Canadian guidance on how securities and derivatives requirements apply to crypto-asset trading platforms, covering registration, marketplace oversight, custody,...
Effective
Jun 1, 2020
Canada’s federal AML/CFT framework requires domestic and qualifying foreign businesses dealing in virtual currency to register with FINTRAC...
Effective
Jun 1, 2021
Canada’s travel rule requires covered financial entities and money services businesses to transmit prescribed originator and beneficiary information...
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Canadian staff guidance on how securities legislation and former IIROC rules apply to crypto-trading platform advertising, promotions and...
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
Dec 26, 2024
Cambodia’s NBC prakas sets approval and licensing paths for banks, payment service institutions and CASPs handling cryptoasset exchange,...
Partially effective
Jan 1, 2024
California DFAL Chapter 9 kiosk rules for digital financial asset transaction kiosks, including location reporting, $1,000 daily transaction...
Enacted
Jul 1, 2026
California amendments to DFAL that delay licensing and stablecoin operative dates to July 1, 2026, add monthly compliance...
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