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FATF Recommendations for Virtual Assets

Global

Effective: 2019-06-21

AML/CFT standards for virtual assets and VASPs

aml licensing

Summary

The Financial Action Task Force's guidance on applying AML/CFT standards to virtual assets and VASPs. Forms the basis for most national crypto regulations worldwide. Updated in 2021 to cover DeFi, stablecoins, and NFTs. Updated mutual evaluation methodology published March 2026 includes specific VASP supervision assessments.

Key Requirements

  • VASP registration/licensing
  • AML/CFT program
  • Customer due diligence
  • Suspicious transaction reporting
  • Travel Rule compliance
  • Risk-based approach
  • The Financial Action Task Force's guidance on applying AML/CFT standards to virtual assets and VASPs. Forms the basis for most national crypto regulat

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