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Staking, restaking and yield.
Staking lets token holders earn rewards for securing a network. Offered by an exchange, it can look like an investment product or a deposit.
Regulators are split: some allow licensed platforms to offer it with safeguards, others treat yield as a red line.
By market · 7 sources across 5 markets
Southeast Asia
Singapore1 source
MAS Publishes Investor Protection Measures for Digital Payment Token Services
Requires customer assets to be held under statutory trust and bars DPT firms from facilitating lending and staking of retail customers' tokens.
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SingaporeMiddle East
Bahrain1 source
Stablecoin Issuance and Offering Module (July 2025, PDF)
Full text of the SIO Module as first issued in July 2025. It allows yield-bearing approved stablecoins paid only from reserve income and requires reporting of stablecoin payments for goods and services in Bahrain.
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UAE1 source
ADGM FSRA Finalises Regulatory Framework for the Staking of Virtual Assets
Allows firms with Providing Custody or Managing Assets permissions to stake clients' Accepted Virtual Assets after notifying the FSRA, with rewards limited to Accepted Virtual Assets and Accepted Fiat-Referenced Tokens, following Consultation Paper No. 10 of 2025.
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Bahrain
UAEOceania
Australia2 sources
ASIC successful in High Court Block Earner appeal (26-124MR)
The High Court ruled 7-0 that Block Earner's fixed-yield Earner product was a financial product and a derivative, confirming that the financial product definition is broad and technology neutral.
Read the originalInformation Sheet 225 (INFO 225): Digital assets: Financial products and services
ASIC's main guidance on when digital assets are financial products, with 18 worked examples covering stablecoins, wrapped tokens, staking and tokenised assets. Updated October 2025, with minor edits in April 2026.
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AustraliaOffshore hubs
Bermuda2 sources
Digital Asset Business Single Currency Pegged Stablecoins (SCPS) Guidance
Sets the BMA's expectations for licensed stablecoin issuers: segregated, high-quality liquid backing assets at least equal to coins in issue, monthly attestations, a published white paper, stress testing and recovery planning. Published with a stakeholder letter on 3 December 2024.
Read the originalDigital Asset Business Exemption Order 2023
Exempts the BMA and Government from DABA, and lets rewards programmes, in-game assets, data storage providers, intra-group activity and funds with a licensed manager claim exemption by notifying the BMA and filing an annual declaration.
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BermudaNo dedicated rule found yet in 26 markets:
