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ALL
ALLALL2016-06-01OECD BEPS
ALLALL2017-03-27OECD CRS
ALLALL2019-01-15OECD Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) for SME Financing
ALLALL2019-10-01G7 Investigating the impact of global stablecoins
ALLALL2021-06-01WEF Cryptocurrencies: A Guide to Getting Started
ALLALL2020-10-13FSB Regulation, Supervision and Oversight of “Global Stablecoin” Arrangements
ALLALL2022-06-14BIS DeFi lending: intermediation without information?
ALLALL2022-09-26IMF Regulating the Crypto Ecosystem: The Case of Unbacked Crypto Assets
ALLALL2022-09-26IMF Regulating the Crypto Ecosystem: The Case of Stablecoins and Arrangements
ALLALL2022-10-10OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework
ALLALL2022-12-01BIS Cryptocurrencies and Decentralized Finance
ALLALL2022-12-16Prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures
ALLALL2023-11-10Collective engagement to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework
ALLALL2022-10-11FSB International regulation of crypto-asset activities
ALLALL2023-05-25WEForum Pathways to Crypto-Asset Regulation: A Global Approach
ALLALL2023-07-01BIS The crypto ecosystem: key elements and risks
ALLALL2023-07-17FSB High-level Recommendations for the Regulation, Supervision and Oversight of Global Stablecoin Arrangements: Final report
ALLALL2023-07-20IMF Assessing Macrofinancial Risks from Crypto Assets
ALLALL2023-07-28IMF Digital Tokens: A Legal Perspective
ALLALL2023-09-07IMF-FSB Synthesis Paper: Policies for Crypto-Assets
ALLALL2023-08-01BIS An impossibility theorem on truth-telling in fully decentralized systems
ALLALL2023-08-04IMF The Crypto Cycle and US Monetary Policy
ALLALL2023-10-04BIS Project Atlas
ALLALL2023-10-17BIS Disclosure of cryptoasset exposures
ALLALL2023-10-31Considerations for the use of stablecoin arrangements in cross-border payments
ALLALL2023-11-08BIS Will the real stablecoin please stand up?
ALLALL2023-11-16IOSCO Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets
ALLALL2023-11-17BIS On par: A Money View of stablecoins
ALLALL2023-12-14BIS Cryptoasset standard amendments
ALLALL2023-12-19IOSCO Final Report with Policy Recommendations for Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
ALLALL2024-02-09BIS - Tokenisation for the real world
ALLALL2024-02-29BIS - Klaas Knot: The need for regulating crypto-assets - a global effort
ALLALL2024-03-13BIS - DeFi leverage
ALLALL2024-04-09Stablecoins: regulatory responses to their promise of stability
WEST
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXDigital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXBlockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXFinancial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXThe Lummis-Gillibrand Bill
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXAssessment metrics for crypto industry registrants
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXKeep Your Coins Act
WESTUSAXXXX-XX-XXClarity for Payment Stablecoins Act
WESTUSA2023-09-25CLARITY Act of 2023
WESTUSA2023-11-07Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications
WESTUSA2023-11-20SEC Charges Kraken for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange, Broker, Dealer, and Clearing Agency
WESTUSA2023-12-13FASB ISSUES STANDARD TO IMPROVE THE ACCOUNTING FOR AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CRYPTO ASSETS
WESTUSA2023-12-15SEC Should Prepare a Workforce Plan, Document Oversight Controls, and Set Goals for Innovation Office
WESTUSA2024-01-01Form 8300 and Reporting Cash Payments of Over $10,000
WESTNY2023-11-15RE: Guidance Regarding Listing of Virtual Currencies
WESTEU2012-10-01ECB Virtual Currency Schemes
WESTEU2013-12-12EBA Warning to consumers on virtual currencies
WESTEU2014-07-14EBA Opinion on ‘virtual currencies’
WESTEU2015-07-04EBA Virtual Currency Schemes - a further analysis
WESTEU2017-11-13ESMA alerts investors to the high risks of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
WESTEU2017-11-13ESMA alerts firms involved in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to the need to meet relevant regulatory requirements
WESTEU2018-10-19ESMA SMSG Advice - Own Initiative Report on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets
WESTEU2019-01-09Advice on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets
WESTEU2019-01-09Report with advice for the European Commission on crypto-assets
WESTEU2019-01-09Annex - Legal qualification of crypto-assets – survey to NCAs
WESTEU2020-06-02Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology
WESTEU2020-09-20Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937
WESTEU2020-09-24EC Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) Regulation
WESTEU2023-09-08EC Tax transparency rules for crypto-asset transactions (DAC8)
WESTEUXXXX-XX-XXEuropean Union Data Act
WESTEUXXXX-XX-XX5AMLD
WESTEUXXXX-XX-XXGuidelines on liquidity stress testing under MiCAR
WESTEU2023-10-20ESMA Joint EBA and ESMA GL on suitability of the MB and QH under MICA
WESTEU2023-11-09Parliament backs plans for better access to, and use of, data
WESTEU2023-11-24EBA Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
WESTEU2023-10-05ESMA Report on the DLT Pilot Regime - Study on how financial instrument transactions are registered in various Distributed Ledger Technologies
WESTEU2023-10-05ESMA Report on the DLT Pilot Regime - Study on the extraction of transaction data
WESTEU2024-01-16EBA issues guidance to crypto-asset service providers to effectively manage their exposure to ML/TF risks
WESTEU2024-01-18Anti-money laundering: Council and Parliament strike deal on stricter rules
WESTEU2024-03-13Draft RTS on requirements, templates and procedures for handling complaints under MiCAR
WESTUK2022-04-04Government sets out plan to make UK a global cryptoasset technology hub
WESTUK2023-02-01Future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets
WESTUK2023-08-17UK Crypto Travel Rule
WESTUK2023-10-11NFTs and the Blockchain
WESTUK2023-10-26Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
WESTUK2023-10-30Update on plans for the regulation of fiat-backed stablecoins
WESTUK2023-11-01Finalised non-handbook guidance on Cryptoasset Financial Promotions
WESTUK2023-11-06FCA and Bank of England publish proposals for regulating stablecoins
WESTUK2023-11-06Regulatory regime for systemic payment systems using stablecoins and related service providers
WESTUK2023-11-24UK authorised funds given the green light to develop tokenisation
WESTUK2023-11-24FCA welcomes industry report on fund tokenisation
WESTUK2023-12-14The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023
WESTIsle of Man2024-02-13Regulation of Crypto-Asset Activities
WESTAustraliaXXXX-XX-XXDigital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023
WESTAustraliaXXXX-XX-XXToken Mapping
WESTAustraliaXXXX-XX-XXRegulating Digital Asset Platforms
WESTAustralia2023-11-09Decentralised finance and wrapping crypto
WESTCanada2023-06-01Blockchain Technology: Cryptocurrencies and Beyond
WESTCanada2023-06-26Consultation on regulatory capital and liquidity treatment of crypto-asset exposures
WESTCanada2023-11-20OSFI seeks feedback on disclosure of crypto-asset exposures
WESTCanada2024-01-18Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds Pertaining to Crypto Assets
WESTSpain2023-11-06Circular 1/2022 of 10 January, on the advertising of crypto-assets presented as means of investment
LATAM
LATAMEl Salvador2021-08-21Normas Técnicas para Facilitar la Aplicación de la Ley Bitcoin
LATAMEl Salvador2021-08-27Reglamento Ley Bitcoin
LATAMEl Salvador2021-09-07Ley Bitcoin
LATAMEl Salvador2021-09-07Lineamientos para la autorización del funcionamiento de la plataforma de la billetera digital para bitcoin y dólares
LATAMEl SalvadorXXXX-XX-XXRegistro de Proveedores
LATAMEl Salvador2022-11-14Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales
LATAMArgentina2023-06-20Referencia: Mensaje: Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Libertad de los Argentinos
LATAMBrazil2023-06-20Legal Framework for Virtual Assets in Brazil (Cryptoassets Act)
LATAMBrazil2023-10-25Cryptocurrencies as financial assets for tax purposes in foreign investments
LATAMCuba2021-08-26Resolución 215
LATAMCuba2022-04-26Requisitos de licencias para operar con criptoactivos
LATAMMexico2021-05-20Ley para Regular las Instituciones de Tecnología Financiera - Ley Fintech
LATAMNicaragua2021-05-20Reglamento de los proveedores de Tecnología Financiera
LATAMChile2023-01-04Ley Fintech
LATAMColombia2021-07-27Proyecto de Ley No. 267 de 2022 SENADO
LATAMCosta Rica2021-08-21Proyecto de Ley de Mercado de Criptoactivos
LATAMPanama2023-01-23Proyecto de ley 697 de 2021. Ley de Criptomonedas
LATAMPanama2023-08-09Proyecto de ley que regula uso de criptomonedas
LATAMParaguay2021-07-15Proyecto de Ley de Comercialización de Criptoactivos
LATAMPeru2021-12-20Proyecto de Ley N°1042-2021-CR, Ley de Marco de Comercialización de Criptoactivos
LATAMUruguay2022-09-05Proyecto de ley que regula los activos virtuales
LATAMGuatemala2021-02-22Comunicado Superintendencia de Bancos
LATAMHonduras2022-03-23Comunicado Banco Central de Honduras
LATAMHonduras2024-02-16CIRCULAR CNBS No.003/2024
LATAMBolivia2020-12-11Prohibición del uso de criptoactivos en el sistema de pagos
LATAMDominicana2021-09-30Comunicado sobre criptomonedas y monedas y activos virtuales
LATAMEcuador2018-02-14Artículo 94 del Código Orgánico Monetario y Financiero
ASIA
ASIAJapan2007-01-01Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds
ASIAJapan2009-06-24Chapter III - Payment Services Act
ASIAJapan2021-02-19Guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
ASIAJapan2022-04-19Travel Rule in the self-regulatory rules of the Association
ASIAJapan2024-02-14Strengthening user’s protection against unlawful money transfers to crypto-asset exchange service providers
ASIAHong Kong2023-10-20Joint circular on intermediaries’ virtual asset-related activities
ASIAHong Kong2023-11-02Circular on intermediaries engaging in tokenised securities-related activities
ASIAHong Kong2023-11-02Circular on tokenisation of SFC-authorised investment products
ASIAHong Kong2023-12-27legislative proposal to implement regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers and announcement on introduction of sandbox arrangement
ASIAHong Kong2023-12-27Consultation on legislative proposal to implement regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers and announcement on introduction of sandbox arrangement
ASIAHong Kong2024-03-12HKMA launches the stablecoin issuer sandbox arrangement
ASIATaiwan2023-09-26Guiding Principles for the Management of VASP
ASIATaiwan2023-10-25Virtual Asset Management Regulations Draft
ASIASingapore2023-10-30MAS Partners Policymakers in Japan, Switzerland and the UK to Foster Responsible Digital Asset Innovation
ASIASingapore2023-11-23MAS Strengthens Regulatory Measures for Digital Payment Token Services
ASIASingapore2023-11-23MAS Response to Public Consultation on Proposed Regulatory Measures for Digital Payment Token Services (Part 2)
ASIAIndia2023-11-09Impact Assessment of Tax Deducted at Source on the Indian Virtual Digital Asset Market
ASIAChina2023-11-09Standardized evaluation of dual attributes of stolen digital collections
ASIASouth Korea2023-12-11FSC Proposes Rules on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users
ASIASouth Korea2024-04-01Announcement of partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Credit-Specialized Financial Business Act (draft)
ASIAIndonesia2019-12-11Exchanges Registration
CARIBE
CARIBEAnguilla2018-05-04Auto Utility Token Offering [AUTO] Act 2018
CARIBEAnguilla2018-05-04Anguilla Utility Token Exchange Act 2020
CARIBEBahamas2023-04-25Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges (DARE) Act
CARIBEBVI2023-02-01The Virtual Assets Service Providers Act
CARIBECayman202-05-25Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Law, 2020
CARIBESVG2022-05-10The Virtual Assets Business Act
CARIBESVG2023-02-23Notice To All Virtual Assets Service Providers
MENA
MENADubai2022-02-28Regulating Virtual Assets in the Emirate of Dubai’
MENADubai2023-02-07Virtual Assets and Related Activities Regulations 2023’
MENADubai2023-03-15Digital Assets Law’
MENAUAE2023-11-06Joint Guidance on Combating the Use of Unlicensed Virtual Asset Providers in the United Arab Emirates’
MENAUAE2023-11-06The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (“FSRA”) has announced revisions to its Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rules and Guidance (“the AML Rulebook”).
MENAAbu Dhabi2023-02-15Abu Dhabi launches ‘Hub71 + Digital Assets’
MENAAbu Dhabi2023-11-01ADGM welcomes Al Reem Island businesses to its community’
MENAAbu Dhabi2023-11-01Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Foundations Regulations 2023’
AFRICA
AFRICANigeria2023-12-22Guidelines on operations of bank accounts for virtual asset service providers
ISLANDS
ISLANDSMarshall Islands2023-10-0Marshall Islands Further Strengthen's Law That Made DAOs Legal Entities
ISLANDSMauritius2023-10-0Metaverse. Reshapoing the financial services sector