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   "code": "crypto_licensing",
   "name": "Crypto Licensing",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/cameroon/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing",
   "standing_position": "Cameroon has no dedicated crypto-asset licensing statute. As a CEMAC member state, entities engaged in currency exchange, payment intermediation, or capital movements are subject to the regional foreign-exchange regime administered by BEAC and to banking/EMF supervision by COBAC, but no crypto-specific authorisation category (VASP licence, exchange licence, etc.) has been identified in force for Cameroon as of this research pass.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
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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/cameroon/#token-classification-token-classification",
   "standing_position": "No Cameroonian or CEMAC-level instrument classifying crypto-assets (as securities, e-money, utility tokens, or otherwise) was located during this research pass. Absent a bespoke taxonomy, any token-specific characterisation would need to be derived from general securities, banking, or civil law by COBAC, the regional securities regulator (COSUMAF), or MINFI, none of which have published crypto-specific classification guidance identified here.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "on_chain_activity_regime",
   "name": "On-Chain Activity Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/cameroon/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime",
   "standing_position": "No Cameroonian or CEMAC regulatory text addressing on-chain activities (staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validation, or tokenization) was located. This module has no confirmed analog in the current Cameroonian regulatory perimeter.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "stablecoin_regime",
   "name": "Stablecoin Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/cameroon/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime",
   "standing_position": "No stablecoin-specific issuance authorisation, reserve, redemption, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime has been identified for Cameroon or the CEMAC zone. Any such framework would most plausibly sit with BEAC given its monetary-issuance mandate, but no confirmed instrument exists.",
   "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/cameroon/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection",
   "standing_position": "No crypto-specific consumer-protection rules (marketing restriction, custody segregation, complaint handling, suitability) were identified for Cameroon. General COBAC banking-conduct supervision and MINFI consumer-protection mandates may extend by analogy, but no confirmed crypto-specific application was found.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "tax_treatment",
   "name": "Tax Treatment",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/cameroon/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment",
   "standing_position": "No crypto-specific tax guidance (capital gains, income tax, VAT/GST, withholding, or reporting obligation) issued by Cameroon's Direction Générale des Impôts (under MINFI) was identified. General tax code provisions may apply to crypto-derived gains by extension of ordinary income/capital-gains principles, but no confirmed crypto-specific circular or ruling was found.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "cross_border_transfer",
   "name": "Cross-Border Transfer",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/cameroon/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer",
   "standing_position": "Cross-border currency and capital movements affecting Cameroon are governed by the CEMAC Foreign Exchange Regulation (Règlement n° 02/18/CEMAC/UMAC/CM), administered by BEAC, which imposes exchange-control and reporting obligations on cross-border currency flows generally. No provision explicitly names crypto-assets, so extension of this regime to crypto-asset transfers is inferred rather than confirmed. Cameroon's FATF grey-list status (increased monitoring since June 2023, continuing per the FATF's June 2026 plenary review) is relevant context for cross-border financial-integrity exposure but is substantively tracked under the FIM consumer's aml_ctf module.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "aml_cft_regime",
   "name": "AML/CFT Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/cameroon/#aml-cft-regime-aml-cft-regime",
   "standing_position": "AML/CFT claims for crypto are owned by the FIM consumer's aml_ctf module and are NOT duplicated here per subscription rules. For disambiguation context only: Cameroon has been under FATF increased monitoring ('grey list') since June 2023 and remained listed as of the FATF's June 2026 plenary statement, with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies still being addressed; the national FIU is the Agence Nationale d'Investigation Financière (ANIF), and CEMAC-wide AML/CFT rules are set by GABAC-aligned regulation supervised regionally by COBAC/BEAC.",
   "findings": []
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