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El Salvador Crypto Licensing: Digital Assets Law
In force / passed In force / passed: 1 Feb 2023 (in force) · our calculation
- Regulator
- Comisión Nacional de Activos Digitales (CNAD) · Banco Central de Reserva (BCR)
- Legal basis
- Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales (2023) · Ley Bitcoin
Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales (Decreto 643, PDF)
CNAD · Registro de PSAD - Official register
- BCR · Registered bitcoin service providers · Format: HTML
What Is Changing
El Salvador regulates digital asset issuance and service providers through the 2023 Digital Assets Issuance Law, supervised by the CNAD, while bitcoin service providers register with the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). Both publish registers or registration procedures.
Timeline
- law adopted
The Legislative Assembly adopts the Digital Assets Issuance Law (Decree 643). It creates the CNAD, which registers digital asset service providers (PSAD).
Sources: Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales (Decreto 643, PDF) official
- in force · our calculation
In force eight days after publication in the Diario Oficial of 24 January 2023 (Art. 47; VASP Tracker calculation).
Sources: Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales (Decreto 643, PDF) official
A company-level tracker for El Salvador is in preparation. This page covers the rules and dates only. CSV
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VASP Tracker, “El Salvador crypto licensing: Digital Assets Law”, https://vasptracker.com/en/sv/ (21 Oct 2026), CC BY 4.0.