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Barbados Crypto Licensing: VASP Act 2026

Upcoming Next deadline: 16 Jan 2027 (application deadline) · our calculation

Regulator
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Barbados
Legal basis
Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026 (Act 2026-25)
Official Gazette of Barbados, 16 Oct 2026, Part A No. 122 · Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026-25 (PDF)
Parliament of Barbados · Bill history, Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026
Official register
FSC Barbados (no VASP register published as of 4 Nov 2026) · Format: HTML

What Is Changing

Barbados regulates virtual asset service providers under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026 (Act 2026-25), assented to and in force since 16 October 2026. The Financial Services Commission administers the Act and licenses or registers providers serving persons in Barbados.

Under s. 27, providers already serving Barbados before commencement must inform the FSC and apply within 3 months, which we calculate as 16 January 2027. As of 4 November 2026 we found no VASP application forms, fees or register on the FSC website.

How Barbados Compares

Where Barbados stands: upcoming (16 Jan 2027 · application deadline). 6 of the 11 other jurisdictions in the Americas that VASP Tracker follows, nearest deadlines first:

JurisdictionFrameworkStatusKey date
BrazilSPSAVUpcoming6 Nov 2026 · bank/counterparty ban
United StatesGENIUS Act (stablecoin issuers)Upcoming18 Jan 2027 · takes effect
CanadaStablecoin Act (issuers)Date not set—
ArgentinaPSAV registryIn force / passed28 Apr 2025 · in force
El SalvadorDigital Assets LawIn force / passed1 Feb 2023 · in force
BermudaDABA 2018In force / passed10 Sep 2018 · in force

Statuses and dates come from the official sources cited on each jurisdiction's page. All 78 jurisdictions on one map

Timeline

  1. law adopted

    The Senate passes the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2026, after the House of Assembly passed it on 6 October 2026.

    Sources: Parliament of Barbados · Bill history, Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026 official

  2. in force

    The President assents to the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026 (Act 2026-25), published in the Official Gazette (Part A No. 122). It commences the same day. The Financial Services Commission administers the Act; providing virtual asset services in, or to persons in, Barbados requires an FSC licence or certificate of registration.

    Sources: Official Gazette of Barbados, 16 Oct 2026, Part A No. 122 · Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026-25 (PDF) official

  3. application deadline · our calculation

    Deadline for providers already serving Barbados before commencement to inform the FSC and apply for a licence or certificate of registration: within 3 months of commencement (s. 27; date is a VASP Tracker calculation).

    Sources: Official Gazette of Barbados, 16 Oct 2026, Part A No. 122 · Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2026-25 (PDF) official

A company-level tracker for Barbados is in preparation. This page covers the rules and dates only. CSV

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VASP Tracker, “Barbados crypto licensing: VASP Act 2026”, https://vasptracker.com/en/bb/ (4 Nov 2026), CC BY 4.0.