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 "date_modified": "2026-08-17",
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   "code": "crypto_licensing",
   "name": "Crypto Licensing",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing",
   "standing_position": "Algeria does not operate a positive licensing, registration, or notification regime for crypto-asset activity. Instead, Algeria's 2018 Finance Law (Loi n°17-11 du 27 décembre 2017 portant loi de finances pour 2018) is understood to prohibit the purchase, sale, use, and holding of 'monnaie virtuelle' (virtual currency), placing crypto-asset commercial activity outside any lawful licensing pathway. No subsequent Bank of Algeria (Banque d'Algérie) circular has been identified establishing a VASP authorisation track, and no draft bill liberalising the sector has surfaced in primary-source searches as of this run. Because the primary Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne (JORA) text of the specific prohibiting article could not be directly retrieved and verified in this research pass, the precise article citation is held at Probable confidence pending primary-source confirmation.",
   "findings": [
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     "source_url": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
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     "source_url": null,
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  },
  {
   "code": "token_classification",
   "name": "Token Classification",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#token-classification-token-classification",
   "standing_position": "Algeria has no positive legal taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins, or NFTs. The 2018 Finance Law's 'monnaie virtuelle' definition is understood to apply broadly to crypto-assets used as a means of exchange without an issuer-recognition test, effectively foreclosing the need for (and existence of) a classification regime. This module is emitted with an explicit jurisdiction-has-no-analog rationale.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "on_chain_activity_regime",
   "name": "On-Chain Activity Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime",
   "standing_position": "No legal framework authorises or governs staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validator activity, or tokenization in Algeria. Given the blanket 2018 prohibition on virtual-currency use, on-chain activity of any commercial character falls outside any lawful operating basis. This module is emitted as jurisdiction-has-no-analog.",
   "findings": [
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     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "stablecoin_regime",
   "name": "Stablecoin Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime",
   "standing_position": "Algeria has no stablecoin-specific issuance authorisation, reserve, redemption, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime. Stablecoins fall within the general 'monnaie virtuelle' prohibition rather than being addressed as a distinct regulatory category. This module is emitted as jurisdiction-has-no-analog.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "consumer_protection",
   "name": "Consumer Protection",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection",
   "standing_position": "No crypto-specific consumer-protection regime (marketing restriction, risk disclosure, custody segregation, complaint handling, suitability) has been identified for Algeria; the sector's blanket prohibition removes the predicate for a bespoke consumer-protection track, and general consumer-protection statutes have not been shown to extend to crypto-asset dealings in the sources reviewed. Module emitted as jurisdiction-has-no-analog.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "tax_treatment",
   "name": "Tax Treatment",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment",
   "standing_position": "No crypto-specific tax treatment (capital gains, income tax, VAT/GST, withholding, reporting obligation) has been identified for Algeria, consistent with the general prohibition on virtual-currency dealing. Module emitted as jurisdiction-has-no-analog.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "cross_border_transfer",
   "name": "Cross-Border Transfer",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer",
   "standing_position": "Algeria maintains stringent general foreign-exchange controls administered by the Banque d'Algérie, and the 2018 Finance Law's virtual-currency prohibition is understood to extend to cross-border crypto-asset flows, which would in any event fall foul of exchange-control rules. Algeria's continued presence on the FATF increased-monitoring ('grey') list since October 2024, with enhanced follow-up ongoing through the February 2026 plenary, heightens scrutiny of cross-border value transfer generally, including any virtual-asset channel, though no virtual-asset-specific travel-rule or reporting-threshold regime has been identified.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "aml_cft_regime",
   "name": "AML/CFT Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/#aml-cft-regime-aml-cft-regime",
   "standing_position": "AML/CFT is a Financial Integrity Module (FIM) subscription for the crypto consumer; this baseline does not emit aml_cft claims. For disambiguation context only: Algeria was placed under FATF increased monitoring ('grey list') in October 2024 following its 2023 MENAFATF Mutual Evaluation Report, and remains in enhanced follow-up; the February 2026 FATF plenary preliminarily concluded Algeria had largely completed its action plan, with an on-site visit contemplated to confirm implementation. No virtual-asset-specific AML supervisory measures (e.g., a VASP registration/travel-rule regime) were identified as part of Algeria's AML/CFT framework in the sources reviewed.",
   "findings": []
  }
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}