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 "jurisdiction_id": "CI",
 "jurisdiction": "Ivory Coast (UEMOA bloc)",
 "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/",
 "generator": "render_jid v13.3.0",
 "date_modified": "2026-08-17",
 "schema_version": "crypto-v2.0.0",
 "counts": {
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  "sourced_findings": 7,
  "source_register": 5
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  {
   "code": "crypto_licensing",
   "name": "Crypto Licensing",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing",
   "standing_position": "No dedicated virtual-asset-service-provider (VASP) licensing, registration or authorisation statute has been located for Côte d'Ivoire. The country's principal financial-crime instrument, Ordonnance n°2023-875 du 23 novembre 2023 relative à la LBC/FT/FP, transposes the new UEMOA uniform AML/CFT law and lists designated non-financial businesses and professions in detail, but the GIABA follow-up reports reviewed do not identify a crypto-asset-specific licensing category comparable to VARA/ADGM-style regimes. This is treated as a research gap rather than a confirmed absence, given the depth of the CREPMF/BCEAO primary-source review still required.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "token_classification",
   "name": "Token Classification",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#token-classification-token-classification",
   "standing_position": "No statutory taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins or NFTs has been identified under Ivorian law or under the regional securities regulator (CREPMF, Conseil Régional de l'Épargne Publique et des Marchés Financiers) rulebook for the UMOA zone. GIABA's detailed 2024/2025 technical-compliance reports on CI's AML architecture make no reference to a crypto-asset classification framework.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "on_chain_activity_regime",
   "name": "On-Chain Activity Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime",
   "standing_position": "No regulatory treatment of staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validator activity or tokenization has been identified for Côte d'Ivoire. This module is a full research gap pending primary-source review of BCEAO and CREPMF instruments.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "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/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime",
   "standing_position": "No issuance-authorisation, reserve-requirement, redemption-right, disclosure or systemic-designation regime for stablecoins has been identified for Côte d'Ivoire or the UMOA zone. BCEAO instruments on electronic money (établissements de monnaie électronique) were not confirmed to extend to crypto-referenced stablecoins during this research pass.",
   "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/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection",
   "standing_position": "No crypto-specific consumer protection regime (marketing restrictions, risk disclosure, custody segregation, complaint handling, suitability rules) has been identified for Côte d'Ivoire. General consumer and financial-services protection law may apply by extension, but no crypto-tailored provision was located in the sources reviewed.",
   "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/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment",
   "standing_position": "No confirmed provision of the Ivorian Code Général des Impôts (CGI) addressing crypto-asset capital gains, income tax, VAT/GST, withholding or reporting obligations was located during this research pass. Tax treatment of crypto-assets in CI is a full research gap.",
   "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/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer",
   "standing_position": "Côte d'Ivoire, as a WAEMU/UMOA member, is subject to the zone's foreign-exchange control regime administered by BCEAO, which governs cross-border capital movements in CFA francs; however, no confirmed instrument extending outbound-restriction, sanctions-nexus, reporting-threshold, or cross-border travel-rule obligations specifically to crypto-asset transfers was located. This module is a research gap pending direct review of BCEAO exchange-control regulations for crypto applicability.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "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/ivory-coast-uemoa-bloc/#aml-cft-regime-aml-cft-regime",
   "standing_position": "Crypto AML/CFT obligations for this JID are governed by the shared FIM aml_ctf module and are NOT re-produced here per the fleet subscription model. For disambiguation context only: Côte d'Ivoire adopted Ordonnance n°2023-875 du 23 novembre 2023 relative à la LBC/FT/FP, transposing the new UEMOA uniform AML/CFT law and repealing Loi n°2016-992; Côte d'Ivoire has been under FATF increased monitoring since October 2024 and remains in GIABA's enhanced follow-up process as of the most recent 2025 report. Whether the ordinance's designated-entity list explicitly extends to virtual-asset service providers as a distinct category has not been confirmed in the documents reviewed. No AML/CTF category claims are emitted in this baseline.",
   "findings": []
  }
 ]
}