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Rules
14 OCT 2026
"Approval in principle" is not a licence
Nigeria has been admitting crypto firms in batches all year, and the announcements are being marketed as licences. The regulator says in writing that they are not.
Rules
8 OCT 2026
Indonesia moved its crypto register, and the old page still answers
Supervision moved to a different authority in January 2025. The previous regulator's crypto page is still online, still indexed — and now shows nothing at all.
Rules
2 OCT 2026
Vietnam wrote the penalty before it issued the licence
Trading through an unlicensed provider became punishable in September. As of October, no provider has been licensed. Both of those sentences are currently true.