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Jun 1, 2023
Japan’s 2022 PSA amendments created the Electronic Payment Instrument regime for fiat-linked stablecoins, with issuer, intermediary-registration, user-protection and...
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Licensing & Registration
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for Licensing & Registration.
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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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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Oct 28, 2020
Malaysia’s SC Guidelines on Digital Assets govern IEO token offerings, IEO operators and digital asset custodians under the...
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Mar 10, 2018
Mexico’s Fintech Law defines virtual assets and gives Banco de México control over which assets and ITF transactions...
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Mar 25, 2025
Nigeria’s ISA 2025 brings virtual and digital assets into the statutory definition of securities and gives the SEC...
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May 11, 2022
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Nigeria SEC rules for digital asset securities, DAOPs, DACs, VASPs and DAXs, covering initial assessment, issuer registration, platform...
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Mar 5, 2026
Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Act, 2026 establishes PVARA as the federal regulator for virtual assets and VASPs, creating licensing,...
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Feb 16, 2021
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Philippines BSP framework for VASPs as money service businesses, covering COA authority, capital, AML/CFT, Travel Rule, custody, cybersecurity,...
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Jul 5, 2025
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
Philippines SEC circulars establishing a CASP framework for crypto-asset services, including registration, disclosures, marketing, custody, cybersecurity, reporting, and...
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