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On-shore VASP

Locally-incorporated VASP that operates under full local jurisdiction, holding all required licenses and registrations.

Examples: Bitso (Mexico) · Bitstamp (Luxembourg) · Coinbase Custody Trust Company (New York)

0 permitted 171 conditional 34 not permitted 0 reviewed of 205 total

Questions this model answers

  • What license(s) are required to operate locally?
  • What capital, governance, and reporting obligations apply?
  • What is the application process and timeline?
Jurisdiction Verdict Local entity Licensing burden Source Details
Andorra Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
United Arab Emirates Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Antigua and Barbuda Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Albania Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Armenia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Angola Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Austria Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Azerbaijan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Barbados Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Burkina Faso Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Benin Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Bermuda Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Bolivia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Brazil Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Bahamas Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Bhutan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Botswana Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Belarus Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Belize Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Canada Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Democratic Republic of the Congo Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Central African Republic Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Cote d'Ivoire Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Chile Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Cuba Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Cabo Verde Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Cyprus Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Germany Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Djibouti Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Denmark Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Ecuador Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Estonia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
European Union Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Finland Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Fiji Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
France Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Gabon Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
United Kingdom Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Georgia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Guernsey Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Ghana Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Gibraltar Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Guyana Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Hong Kong Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Honduras Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Hungary Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Indonesia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Ireland Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Israel Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Iran Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Italy Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Jersey Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Jamaica Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Japan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Kenya Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Kyrgyzstan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
South Korea Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Cayman Islands Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Kazakhstan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Laos Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Labuan (Malaysia) Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Liechtenstein Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Liberia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Montenegro Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Mongolia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Malta Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Malaysia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Mozambique Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Namibia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Nigeria Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Nicaragua Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Netherlands Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Nauru Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Oman Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Papua New Guinea Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Philippines Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Puerto Rico Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Portugal Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Qatar Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Serbia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Russia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Rwanda Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Saudi Arabia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Solomon Islands Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Sweden Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Singapore Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
San Marino Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Senegal Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
South Sudan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Sao Tome and Principe Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
El Salvador Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Eswatini Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Turks and Caicos Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Togo Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Thailand Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Tajikistan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Tunisia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Turkey Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Trinidad and Tobago Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Tanzania Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Ukraine Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Uganda Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
United States Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Uzbekistan Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Venezuela Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Vietnam Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Vanuatu Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Samoa Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
South Africa Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Zambia Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Zimbabwe Conditional Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Guatemala Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Guinea-Bissau Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
India Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Kiribati Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Comoros Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Lesotho Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Mauritania Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Malawi Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Peru Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Sierra Leone Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Suriname Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Timor-Leste Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Tonga Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Tuvalu Conditional Required Low AI · Unreviewed View →
Argentina Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Australia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Bosnia and Herzegovina Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Belgium Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Bulgaria Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Bahrain Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Switzerland Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Colombia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Costa Rica Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Czech Republic Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Dominica Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Dominican Republic Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Spain Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Micronesia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Grenada Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Gambia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Greece Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Croatia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Isle of Man Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Iceland Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Saint Kitts and Nevis Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Saint Lucia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Lithuania Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Luxembourg Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Latvia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Monaco Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Moldova Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Marshall Islands Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
North Macedonia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Maldives Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Mexico Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Norway Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
New Zealand Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Panama Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Poland Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Palau Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Paraguay Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Romania Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Slovenia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Slovakia Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Taiwan Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Uruguay Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Holy See Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
British Virgin Islands Conditional Required Medium AI · Unreviewed View →
Madagascar Conditional Required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Afghanistan Not permitted Not required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Burundi Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Brunei Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Congo Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Eritrea Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Guinea Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Equatorial Guinea Not permitted Not required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Haiti Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Jordan Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Cambodia Not permitted Not required High AI · Unreviewed View →
North Korea Not permitted Not required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Sri Lanka Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Libya Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Myanmar Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Niger Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Nepal Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Pakistan Not permitted Not required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Sudan Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Somalia Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Chad Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Turkmenistan Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Yemen Not permitted Required High AI · Unreviewed View →
Bangladesh Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Cameroon Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
China Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Algeria Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Egypt Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Ethiopia Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Iraq Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Kuwait Not permitted Required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Morocco Not permitted Required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Mali Not permitted Required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Palestine Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →
Syria Not permitted Not required None AI · Unreviewed View →

Each row links to the full structured verdict including AML obligations, key restrictions, key risks, and the underlying fact-by-fact evidence. The verdicts are a synthesis layer — they cite the existing regulatory facts, never restate them.