Yellow Card, an Africa-focused cryptocurrency exchange platform, recently said it has received a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license to operate in Botswana. Granted by the country’s Non-Bank...
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Hong Kong Chief Executive proposes statutory licensing for VASPs in his policy address
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee, mentioned a bill to propose establishing a statutory licensing regime for virtual asset providers in his 2022 policy addre...
Hong Kong to Propose Statutory Licensing Regime for VASPs: CE John Lee
Chief Executive of HKSAR John Lee delivered his first policy address Wednesday, indicating that the administration has proposed a bill to establish a statutory licensing regime for virtual asset servi...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Warns the Public About Unregistered VASPs
The Central Bank of the Philippines also known as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Bangko Sentral) has issued a warning to citizens urging them to stay away from unregulated virtual asset service prov...
Crypto.com and 2 Other VASPs Receive MAS Approval in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted in-principal approvals to three virtual asset service providers (VASPs), including Crypto.com, bringing the total number of legal players in the c...
VASPs and WSPs who must enrol in the OAM register
Much has been said and written, and in many places, about the obligation for VASPs and WSPs to enrol in the register kept by the OAM and the MEF decree that finally implemented it. As has been written...
Blockchain And Crypto Association In Nigeria Puts Forward A Code Of Conduct For VASPs
The Nigerian blockchain and crypto advocacy group takes a move forward in the industry of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association in Nigeria have announ...
Nigerian Blockchain and Crypto Association Introduces a Code of Conduct for VASPs – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Nigerian blockchain and crypto advocacy group, the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association in Nigeria (SIBAN) recently announced the introduction of a code of conduct for Nigerian virtua...
NYDFS requires VASPs to use blockchain analytics to trace transactions
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has recommended that virtual asset service providers (VASPs) operating in New York and guided by the state’s banking law start using blockch...
Central Bank of Cuba to license VASPs come 16 May 2022
TL;DR Breakdown The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) set to issue virtual asset service provider licenses. Cuba gazettes a detailed VASPs operational framework. On Tuesday, the Banco Central de Cuba (BCC) a...
Regulator Says UAE ‘Closer to Issuing the Regulatory and Supervisory Framework’ for VASPs – Regulation Bitcoin News
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is getting closer to issuing a regulatory and supervisory framework that will govern the country’s virtual asset industry, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA)...
UAE drives the process to license VASPs to issue federal coins
Federal coins will soon be issued by VASPs present in the UAE The licensing process has begun and the digital currency market will change Binance has already stationed a team in the country to boost i...
UAE is preparing to grant federal crypto licenses for VASPs
TL;DR Breakdown The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to give a federal crypto license to virtual asset service providers (VASPs), The UAE is set to become a crypto hub as part of the government’...
UAE reportedly plans to issue federal crypto license for VASPs
The United Arab Emirates is reportedly planning to issue a federal crypto license for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) by the end of the first quarter. The Securities and Commodities Authority ...
New Italian rules for VASPs
As the saying goes, “better later than ever”. This seems to hold particularly true for the Italian Decree on Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP), which will regulate the business of companies and i...