Taiwan
TaiwanEleven AML-registered VASPs today; the Virtual Asset Service Act of July 2026 will bring full licensing and stablecoin permits.
Key Regulatory Progress
Every law, rule and official guide on crypto in Taiwan: 7 apply today, and the rest show what's coming and how regulators read the rules. Each is explained in plain words and linked to the official original.
Last checked against the originals on 5 Oct 2026.
Core framework
The primary statutes that define crypto assets and who may deal in them.
- EnactedPassed, not yet in force
Virtual Asset Service Act
虛擬資產服務法
Taiwan's crypto statute: licences for seven types of VASP, mandatory association membership, a stablecoin permit with central bank consent, and criminal penalties. Promulgated 22 July 2026; commencement date to be set by the Executive Yuan.
Ko Ju-chunMember of the Legislative Yuan (Kuomintang)
Lin Chu-yinMember of the Legislative Yuan (Democratic Progressive Party)
Peng Jin-lungChairman, Financial Supervisory Commission
- EnactedPassed, not yet in force
Legislative Yuan passes the Virtual Asset Service Act on third reading
立法院院會三讀通過「虛擬資產服務法」
The FSC's summary of the Act, including the transition that gives registered VASPs 12 months to apply and 21 months to be licensed after commencement.
- Ko Ju-chunMember of the Legislative Yuan (Kuomintang)
- Lin Chu-yinMember of the Legislative Yuan (Democratic Progressive Party)
- Peng Jin-lungChairman, Financial Supervisory Commission
Exchanges & custody
Licensing, conduct and custody rules for trading platforms and service providers.
- In forceApplies today
Enterprises or persons providing virtual asset services: registered and barred operators
提供虛擬資產服務之事業或人員
The official register, updated 29 September 2026: 11 VASPs with completed AML registration, one voluntary withdrawal, and 17 former operators no longer allowed to provide services.
Read the original - In forceApplies today
Regulations Governing Anti-Money Laundering Registration of Enterprises or Persons Providing Virtual Asset Services
提供虛擬資產服務之事業或人員洗錢防制登記辦法
Sets who must register, what documents are needed and when registration is refused or revoked; foreign VASPs must establish a company or branch in Taiwan. In force from 30 November 2024.
Read the original - GuidanceNot binding law
Guiding Principles for the Management of Virtual Asset Platform and Transaction Service Enterprises (VASP)
管理虛擬資產平台及交易業務事業（VASP）指導原則
Interim conduct rules pending legislation: segregation of client assets, whitepaper and listing reviews, and no solicitation by foreign platforms that have not registered locally.
Read the original
Stablecoins & payments
Issuance, reserve and redemption rules for fiat-referenced tokens and payment tokens.
- GuidanceNot binding law
Special report on the Virtual Asset Service Act draft and the stablecoin supervisory framework
虛擬資產服務法草案及其相關子法修訂暨建立完善監理架構之進程
Central bank report to the Legislative Yuan: stablecoin issuers should be treated like e-payment firms, with part of reserves deposited at the central bank and reserves at or above coins in issue.
Read the original
Tokenisation & securities
Security tokens, RWA, funds and ETFs.
- In forceApplies today
FSC further relaxes Security Token Offering rules
金管會進一步放寬證券型虛擬通貨發行(STO)規範
Raises the per-platform cap to NT$200 million, shortens the gap between a platform's offerings to six months, and opens small STOs to foreign investors.
Read the original - In forceApplies today
FSC framework for Security Token Offerings
金管會對「證券型代幣發行(Security Token Offering, STO)」之監理規範
Classifies security tokens as securities; offerings up to NT$30 million go through licensed platform operators to professional investors, with a NT$300,000 cap per natural person per offering.
Read the original - GuidanceNot binding law
RWA Tokenisation Working Group completes proof of concept
「RWA代幣化小組」完成驗證技術的可行性，下階段重點在法規調適
The central bank, TDCC and nine financial firms tested tokenised domestic bonds, foreign bonds and funds; next steps are rule changes and a tokenised asset platform.
Read the original
AML & travel rule
Anti-money-laundering obligations and the FATF travel rule.
- In forceApplies today
Regulations Governing Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism for Enterprises or Persons Providing Virtual Asset Services
提供虛擬資產服務之事業或人員防制洗錢及打擊資恐辦法
Customer due diligence, record keeping, large and suspicious transaction reporting and transfer information rules for VASPs; first issued in 2021 and rewritten in November 2024. Article 7, the transfer information (travel rule) provision, has no start date yet.
Read the original - In forceApplies today
Money Laundering Control Act
洗錢防制法
Article 6, as amended in July 2024, bars anyone from providing virtual asset services without FSC AML registration, on pain of up to two years in prison.
Read the original - ConsultationDraft out for comment
FSC plans travel rule for virtual asset transfers
為提升虛擬資產移轉資訊之透明度，金管會規劃推動轉帳規則
Proposes amending the VASP AML rules so the travel rule applies to transfers of any value, with extra originator and beneficiary data above NT$30,000; domestic VASP transfers first (planned October 2026), cross-border by end-2027.
Read the original
Investor protection
Market abuse, disclosure, advertising and retail safeguards.
- In forceApplies today
Regulations Governing Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention by Financial Institutions and Businesses or Personnel Providing Virtual Asset Services
金融機構及提供虛擬資產服務之事業或人員防制詐欺犯罪危害應遵循事項辦法
Sets criteria for banks and VASPs to identify and restrict fraud-linked accounts, including those flagged by police, and to share data via an anti-fraud platform; last amended July 2026.
Read the original
Banks & prudential
What banks may hold, custody or issue.
- GuidanceNot binding law
FSC launches themed pilot for virtual asset custody business
金管會推出「虛擬資產保管業務」主題式業務試辦
Lets financial institutions apply from 1 January 2025 to pilot virtual asset custody; four had applied by April 2025.
Read the original
CBDC & tokenised money
Central-bank digital currency and tokenised deposit programmes.
- GuidanceNot binding law
FSC opens deposit token pilots to banks
金管會開放銀行申請試辦存款代幣業務
Banks may apply to pilot deposit tokens, which remain bank deposits under the Banking Act, setting out use cases, issuance and redemption flows and customer protection; results will inform future rules.
Read the original - GuidanceNot binding law
Special report on planning for digital currency issuance and the digital transformation of money
數位貨幣發行之規劃與貨幣之數位轉型
Describes the central bank's retail CBDC prototype, sets no issuance date, and shifts focus to wholesale CBDC and bank deposit tokens; says Bitcoin and stablecoins are not money.
Read the original
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