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# Algeria Crypto & Digital Asset Regulation

schema crypto-v2.0.0
trajectory: not yet assessed prohibited overlaps: [Sentinel (AML/CFT)](https://sentinel.gi/jurisdictions/algeria/)

Last updated 2026-11-04 · 8 categories · 28 sourced
findings · 17 sources in the cumulative register

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Evidence re-verified: 2026-11-04 · Position last changed: 2026-11-04 · Record history & provenance ▾ Methodology & record provenance: Module confidence is derived from the underlying claims (source tier and primary excerpt retention), while statutory legal force is tracked independently.

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Framework posture Prohibited 8 of 9 modules populated · AI-synthesised · Tier-1/2 verified

Lead supervisory authority Council of the European Union / European Commission Primary statutory & supervisory perimeter

Next milestone (> 2026-10-26) None scheduled No dated future statutory milestone on record

Module coverage & confidence 8 / 9 modules assessed 0 Confirmed · 8 Probable · 0 Uncertain · 1 Not yet assessed

8 Categories

0 Moved this cycle 0 Key judgments 2 Open gaps 28 Findings

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## Jurisdiction lead brief

###### Latest update · 3 November 2026

#### Lead Signal

Algeria's position on virtual assets remains one of outright criminal prohibition, and the past cycle supplies a fresh illustration of that posture in practice rather than any softening of the underlying law. Law No. 25-10 bars issuance, purchase, sale, use, possession, trading, promotion and mining of virtual assets outright, and separately bars operating an exchange or a wallet platform. There is no licensing track an operator could pursue to legitimise any of this activity inside the country. On 26 October 2026, police in Béjaïa province dismantled a network said to be converting proceeds from online betting through crypto-linked payment rails, including Binance, RedotPay, PayPal and Mobcash, arresting eleven to twelve people and seizing roughly DZD 9,000,000 in cash together with EUR 2,510. The episode does not, on the evidence available, mark a change in the law, but it is a data point on how the prohibition is actually enforced on the ground: through conventional policing of underlying financial-crime conduct (illegal betting) rather than through a standalone crypto-specific prosecutorial track, at least as reported so far.

#### Other Developments

The criminal penalty structure attached to virtual-asset offences under Article 31 bis is still not settled in the record available. Secondary characterisations point to a range on the order of two months to one year of imprisonment together with fines somewhere between 200,000 and 1,000,000 Algerian dinars, but the sources consulted do not agree with each other on the precise figures, and none of them has been checked against the primary gazette text of the statute. Whether the Béjaïa enforcement action was in fact charged under the virtual-asset law itself, as opposed to the pre-existing general gambling statute, is likewise unconfirmed; the betting-fraud angle is clear from reporting, but the specific charging instrument is not.

#### Cross-Monitor Connections

The Béjaïa case sits at the intersection of online gambling, consumer-facing payment platforms and the prohibited asset class itself, and the methods described (conversion of player funds through retail payment and crypto on-ramps) are the kind of conduct that would ordinarily also draw anti-money-laundering scrutiny; that angle is being tracked separately rather than analysed further here. No cross-border payment-system or broader financial-integrity dimension beyond the single enforcement episode has surfaced in the material reviewed.

#### Outlook

Expect the prohibition itself to remain the stable baseline for the foreseeable future; nothing in the material reviewed points to legislative movement toward a licensing framework. The more useful signal to watch is enforcement cadence and charging practice: whether authorities begin invoking the virtual-asset statute directly in cases like Béjaïa, rather than relying on adjacent gambling or fraud statutes, would mark a maturing of practical enforcement capacity independent of any change in the underlying law. The unresolved penalty-range discrepancy is also worth resolving against a primary gazette source before it is relied upon for any assessment of exposure.

2 earlier updates not shown here.

###### Standing brief · as of 25 August 2026

Written before the update above. Where they differ, the update is the more recent position.

#### Lead Signal

Law No. 25-10 of 24 July 2025 imposes a comprehensive criminal prohibition on crypto-asset activity in Algeria, replacing the earlier, more loosely-enforced ban under the 2018 Financial Law. The statute criminalises the issuance, purchase, sale, possession, use and promotion of crypto-assets outright, held at High confidence though no Tier-1 primary source (the Official Journal or joradp.dz) was reached this cycle to verify the exact statutory text. This is a structural, architecture-level shift in Algeria's crypto posture rather than a single enforcement episode: it forecloses any classification regime, any licensing pathway, and any lawful on-chain activity in one statutory move.

#### Other Developments

No classification taxonomy survives the ban. Because the prohibition is total, Algeria's crypto-asset classification regime is, in effect, non-existent: all categories of crypto-asset, including stablecoins, fall undifferentiated under the blanket criminal prohibition, with no token-type distinctions operative in law.

Mining explicitly targeted, with field enforcement reported. Law No. 25-10 separately and explicitly bans crypto mining, with enforcement reportedly including inspections triggered by anomalous electricity-consumption increases and reported equipment seizures. This provision is linked in secondary reporting to strain on the national power grid, giving the mining-specific ban an energy-policy rationale distinct from the general AML/CFT rationale attached to the rest of the statute.

Cross-border access closed via VPN enforcement. The law's enforcement reach extends to VPN use, closing the access channel previously used to reach offshore crypto exchanges. This operates as a de facto outbound-access restriction rather than a formal cross-border transfer-reporting regime — there is no reporting mechanism to describe, because the underlying activity is criminalised rather than permitted-and-monitored.

#### Cross-Monitor Connections

This cycle's crypto prohibition is explicitly the same statute financial-integrity tracks as an AML/CFT-architecture amendment (Law No. 25-10 amends and supplements Law No. 05-01 directly), and it is the mechanism a separately-reported gambling-sector enforcement action relied upon: a network of local agents in Béjaïa was reportedly dismantled for processing cryptocurrency payments in support of illegal online gambling. The crypto and gambling regulatory tracks in Algeria are therefore structurally linked through this single statute, even though this monitor does not itself analyse the gambling-sector implications.

#### Outlook

Watch for whether a Tier-1 primary source (Bank of Algeria or Official Journal) becomes reachable to verify Article 6a's exact text, and whether enforcement activity — mining-equipment seizures, VPN-access prosecutions, or payment-facilitation cases beyond the single reported Béjaïa network — expands in subsequent cycles, which would confirm the prohibition is being operationalised at scale rather than existing primarily as statute.

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Key regulatory facts for Algeria Regulatory Dimension Algeria Standing Position

Jurisdiction Algeria (DZ)

Regulatory Scope Crypto & Digital Asset Regulation (8 modules, 28 sourced findings)

Crypto Licensing Algeria does not operate a positive licensing, registration, or notification regime for crypto-asset activity.

Token Classification Algeria has no positive legal taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins, or NFTs.

On-Chain Activity Regime No legal framework authorises or governs staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validator activity, or tokenization in Algeria.

Stablecoin Regime Algeria has no stablecoin-specific issuance authorisation, reserve, redemption, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime.

Primary Instruments Cited Council of the European Union / European Commission, Unnamed online-betting/money-laundering network (11-12 individuals), Law No. 25-10 (24 July 2025), Law No. 25-10, Art. 31 bis, Law No. 25-10 of 24 July 2025 (art. 6 bis, Law 05-01)

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### Algeria: C1 Crypto LicensingRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

Open gap — crypto-int-1 Exact statutory penalty range for Law 25-10 Art. 31 bis is reported inconsistently across secondary sources and could not be reconciled against the primary Journal Officiel text this cycle. no under-indexing note recorded

Open gap — crypto-int-2 No T1 primary instrument (Journal Officiel n°48, 24 July 2025) was directly retrieved this cycle; all claims rest on T3/T4 secondary characterisations. no under-indexing note recorded

#### Crypto Licensing

Algeria has no crypto-asset licensing regime because Law No. 25-10 of 24 July 2025 criminalises the issuance, purchase, sale, possession, use and promotion of crypto-assets outright, superseding the earlier and more loosely-enforced prohibition under the 2018 Financial Law. This is held at High confidence, though the finding rests on Tier-3 secondary reporting rather than a directly-reached Tier-1 source such as the Official Journal or a Bank of Algeria publication. The Bank of Algeria and the Banking Commission are identified as the relevant supervisory authorities, though their role under a total prohibition is enforcement-adjacent rather than licensing-adjacent, since there is no licensable activity to authorise.

This is an architecture-level posture, not an incident: the statute forecloses the entire category of lawful crypto-asset business in Algeria in one legislative act, rather than resolving a single enforcement matter. The traffic-light status for this module is red, reflecting a total criminal prohibition that is actively enforced, evidenced by reported equipment seizures connected to the related mining ban.

#### Outlook

Watch for any Tier-1 confirmation of the statute's exact text and for whether any narrow exemption (for example, for research or educational use) is later clarified, since current secondary sourcing does not resolve this question.

Read full sub-brief · 201 words Periodic update · new data 2026-10-25

#### Crypto Licensing

Algeria's crypto licensing landscape is defined by absence: Law No. 25-10 of 24 July 2025 imposes a blanket criminal prohibition on issuance, purchase, sale, use, possession, trading, promotion, and the operation of exchanges or wallet platforms for virtual assets. There is no licensing pathway of any kind, contemplated or otherwise -- the law does not carve out a registration or authorisation regime for any category of crypto business; it simply criminalises the activity outright. This places Algeria at the most restrictive end of the global regulatory spectrum, alongside jurisdictions that have chosen prohibition over even a minimal registration framework.

Secondary commentary describes penalties in the range of roughly two months to one year of imprisonment, plus fines of 200,000 to 1,000,000 DZD, though the exact figures vary slightly across sources and have not been reconciled against a primary legal text. This uncertainty is a sourcing gap rather than a substantive ambiguity in the law's prohibitory character, which is consistently and probably confirmed across the available secondary sources.

The supervisory authority nominally associated with this space is the Bank of Algeria, though its role here is one of prohibition-enforcement rather than licensing administration, since there is no licence to administer. This is consistent with the broader pattern in Algeria's approach to novel financial technologies: rather than building a bespoke regulatory perimeter, the state has opted to criminalise the underlying activity entirely.

#### Outlook

No development suggests any movement toward a licensing pathway. The regulatory horizon carries no entries for Algeria on crypto licensing, and the trajectory recorded by the interpreter is stable at the most restrictive end of the scale. The principal open question -- reconciliation of the exact penalty schedule against primary legislative text -- remains unresolved and would require direct access to the Journal Officiel text of Law 25-10 to settle.

1 earlier distinct update(s) Periodic update · new data 2026-09-28

#### Crypto Licensing

Algeria's crypto licensing landscape is defined by absence: Law No. 25-10 of 24 July 2025 imposes a blanket criminal prohibition on issuance, purchase, sale, use, possession, trading, promotion, and the operation of exchanges or wallet platforms for virtual assets. There is no licensing pathway of any kind, contemplated or otherwise -- the law does not carve out a registration or authorisation regime for any category of crypto business; it simply criminalises the activity outright. This places Algeria at the most restrictive end of the global regulatory spectrum, alongside jurisdictions that have chosen prohibition over even a minimal registration framework.

Secondary commentary describes penalties in the range of roughly two months to one year of imprisonment, plus fines of 200,000 to 1,000,000 DZD, though the exact figures vary slightly across sources and have not been reconciled against a primary legal text this cycle. This uncertainty is a sourcing gap rather than a substantive ambiguity in the law's prohibitory character, which is consistently and probably confirmed across the available secondary sources.

The supervisory authority nominally associated with this space is the Bank of Algeria, though its role here is one of prohibition-enforcement rather than licensing administration, since there is no licence to administer. This is consistent with the broader pattern in Algeria's approach to novel financial technologies: rather than building a bespoke regulatory perimeter, the state has opted to criminalise the underlying activity entirely.

#### Outlook

No development this cycle suggests any movement toward a licensing pathway. The regulatory horizon carries no entries for Algeria on crypto licensing, and the trajectory recorded by the interpreter is stable at the most restrictive end of the scale. The principal open question -- reconciliation of the exact penalty schedule against primary legislative text -- remains unresolved and would require direct access to the Journal Officiel text of Law 25-10 to settle.

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Sources and findings (11)
- T2[Council of the European Union / European Commission](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0230) — Algeria's 2018 Finance Law prohibits the purchase, sale, use, and holding of virtual currency (monnaie virtuelle), placing commercial crypto-asset activity outside any lawful license or registration track.
- T2[Council of the European Union / European Commission](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0230) — No licensing, registration, or notification regime exists for virtual asset service providers in Algeria; the Bank of Algeria has not published any VASP authorisation framework.
- T2[Unnamed online-betting/money-laundering network (11-12 individuals)](https://www.algerie360.com/1xbet-reseau-demantele-akbou-bejaia/) — Béjaïa judicial police dismantled a network converting illegal online-betting proceeds into digital-asset form via Binance, RedotPay, PayPal and Mobcash; 11-12 arrested; ~DZD 9,000,000 and EUR 2,510 seized.
- T3 · Plasma.org[Law No. 25-10 (24 July 2025)](https://www.plasma.org/learn/tools/stablecoin-regulation-map/algeria) — Issuing, purchasing, selling, using, possessing, trading, promoting and mining virtual assets, and creating or operating exchange/wallet platforms for them, for any purpose; no licensing pathway exists.
- T3[Law No. 25-10, Art. 31 bis](https://anuragverma.co/worldwatch/algeria/crypto) — Criminal penalties for virtual-asset-related offences; secondary sources report roughly 2 months-1 year imprisonment and fines of approximately 200,000-1,000,000 DZD, figures not reconciled against the primary JO text.
- T3 · Plasma.org[Law No. 25-10 (Algeria)](https://www.plasma.org/learn/tools/stablecoin-regulation-map/algeria) — Issuing, purchasing, selling, using, possessing, trading, promoting, mining virtual assets and operating exchange/wallet platforms are prohibited; no licensing pathway exists
- T3[Law No. 25-10, Art. 31 bis](https://anuragverma.co/worldwatch/algeria/crypto) — Approximately 2 months-1 year imprisonment and fines of 200,000-1,000,000 DZD, varying by violation type (sources diverge)
- T2[Sûreté de Wilaya de Béjaïa](https://www.algerie360.com/1xbet-reseau-demantele-akbou-bejaia/) — 11-12 arrested; ~DZD 9,000,000 and EUR 2,510 seized; funds converted via Binance, RedotPay, PayPal, Mobcash
- T4[Law No. 25-10 of 24 July 2025 (art. 6 bis, Law 05-01)](https://fatoura.app/blog/cryptomonnaie-lalgerie-renforce-linterdiction/) — Issuing, buying, selling, using, holding, trading, promoting or operating exchange/wallet platforms for virtual assets
- T4 · Plasma.org[Law No. 25-10](https://coinfomania.com/algeria-cryptocurrency-ban-law-25-10/) — 2 months to 1 year imprisonment and fine of 200,000-1,000,000 DZD, enhanced for organised crime or large sums
- T1 · Lightspark[Bank of Algeria Règlement n°24-03 du 24 juillet 2024, art.48](https://www.bank-of-algeria.dz/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Synthese-du-rapport-devaluation-des-risques-BC-FT-lies-aux-AV-1.pdf) — Obliged institutions must block any operation involving virtual assets or VASP-linked providers and report it immediately to the CTRF

### Algeria: C2 Token ClassificationRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

C2 · Token Classification — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 3 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-11-04

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### Algeria: C3 On-Chain Activity RegimeRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

Periodic update · new data 2026-10-25

#### On-Chain Activity Regime

Algeria's on-chain activity regime is governed by the same blanket prohibition that defines its licensing posture: Law No. 25-10 criminalises cryptocurrency mining explicitly and separately from other virtual-asset activities, closing a gap that had been left open by the 2018 Finance Law. Prior to this law, mining activity existed in a grey zone -- neither expressly permitted nor expressly prohibited -- and the 2025 legislation resolves that ambiguity decisively in the direction of prohibition rather than accommodation.

This is a probable-confidence finding, corroborated by industry commentary describing the law's scope, though the underlying evidence base rests on secondary sources (an industry stablecoin-regulation reference site) rather than a directly retrieved primary statutory text. The naming of mining as a distinct, expressly criminalised activity -- rather than leaving it to be swept up under a general prohibition on "use" or "possession" -- suggests the legislature specifically intended to close the loophole that had allowed mining activity to proceed under the prior 2018 framework's silence.

No on-chain activity of any kind -- whether mining, staking, DeFi participation, or wallet operation -- has a lawful basis in Algeria under the current regime. This is a uniform prohibition rather than a tiered or activity-specific framework.

#### Outlook

The trajectory for on-chain activity regulation in Algeria is stable at maximal restriction, with no regulatory horizon entries suggesting reconsideration. Any change to this picture would require either a legislative amendment reopening space for mining or other on-chain activity, or clarifying guidance narrowing the scope of Article 6 bis -- neither of which is indicated by any source available.

Periodic update · new data 2026-09-28

#### On-Chain Activity Regime

Algeria's on-chain activity regime is governed by the same blanket prohibition that defines its licensing posture: Law No. 25-10 criminalises cryptocurrency mining explicitly and separately from other virtual-asset activities, closing a gap that had been left open by the 2018 Finance Law. Prior to this law, mining activity existed in a grey zone -- neither expressly permitted nor expressly prohibited -- and the 2025 legislation resolves that ambiguity decisively in the direction of prohibition rather than accommodation.

This is a probable-confidence finding, corroborated by industry commentary describing the law's scope, though the underlying evidence base for this cycle rests on secondary sources (an industry stablecoin-regulation reference site) rather than a directly retrieved primary statutory text. The naming of mining as a distinct, expressly criminalised activity -- rather than leaving it to be swept up under a general prohibition on "use" or "possession" -- suggests the legislature specifically intended to close the loophole that had allowed mining activity to proceed under the prior 2018 framework's silence.

No on-chain activity of any kind -- whether mining, staking, DeFi participation, or wallet operation -- has a lawful basis in Algeria under the current regime. This is a uniform prohibition rather than a tiered or activity-specific framework.

#### Outlook

The trajectory for on-chain activity regulation in Algeria is stable at maximal restriction, with no regulatory horizon entries suggesting reconsideration. Any change to this picture would require either a legislative amendment reopening space for mining or other on-chain activity, or clarifying guidance narrowing the scope of Article 6 bis -- neither of which is indicated by any source available this cycle.

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### Algeria: C4 Stablecoin RegimeRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

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### Algeria: C5 Consumer ProtectionRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

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Sources and findings (3)
- T4 · ootl.org[Law No. 25-10](https://ootl.org/crypto-prohibition-enforcement-in-algeria-what-you-need-to-know-in) — Promoting, advertising or educating others about cryptocurrency is treated as a criminal act; a reported example is a content creator fined for a crypto-investing video.
- T4 · ootl.org[Law No. 25-10](https://ootl.org/crypto-prohibition-enforcement-in-algeria-what-you-need-to-know-in) — Promoting, advertising or publicly educating about cryptocurrency (including social-media content); at least five influencers reported fined or charged since July 2025

### Algeria: C6 Tax TreatmentRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

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### Algeria: C7 Cross-Border TransferRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

Periodic update · new data 2026-10-25

#### Cross-Border Transfer

Cross-border access to crypto services from Algeria has been directly targeted by Law No. 25-10, which criminalises the use of a VPN to bypass state blocking and reach foreign crypto exchanges. This provision closes what had been the principal practical channel through which Algerian users accessed offshore platforms such as Binance, OKX, and Bybit despite the underlying domestic prohibition on crypto activity. Where the blanket prohibition addresses the substantive legality of crypto activity, this provision addresses the practical mechanics of access -- and by criminalising the circumvention tool itself, the state has closed the gap between a law on paper and a law that is actually enforceable against cross-border access attempts.

This is an uncertain-confidence finding, reflecting reliance on Tier-4 secondary sourcing (a gambling-regulation aggregator site) for a claim that properly belongs to the crypto cross-border domain; no primary Journal Officiel text was retrieved to confirm the precise statutory language of the VPN-circumvention provision as it applies to crypto access specifically (as distinct from its application to gambling access, which carries separate but parallel treatment in other monitors' coverage of the same instrument).

The practical effect, taken together with the underlying blanket prohibition, is that Algeria has closed both the substantive and the access dimensions of cross-border crypto activity in the same legislative act.

#### Outlook

No regulatory horizon entries point toward any loosening of cross-border access restrictions. The open question for this domain is whether Bank of Algeria FIU/CTRF has issued or will issue implementing guidance under Article 6 bis beyond Instruction 06-2025, which would clarify enforcement mechanics for cross-border transfer attempts specifically, as distinct from the general prohibition.

Periodic update · new data 2026-09-28

#### Cross-Border Transfer

Cross-border access to crypto services from Algeria has been directly targeted by Law No. 25-10, which criminalises the use of a VPN to bypass state blocking and reach foreign crypto exchanges. This provision closes what had been the principal practical channel through which Algerian users accessed offshore platforms such as Binance, OKX, and Bybit despite the underlying domestic prohibition on crypto activity. Where the blanket prohibition addresses the substantive legality of crypto activity, this provision addresses the practical mechanics of access -- and by criminalising the circumvention tool itself, the state has closed the gap between a law on paper and a law that is actually enforceable against cross-border access attempts.

This is an uncertain-confidence finding, reflecting reliance on Tier-4 secondary sourcing (a gambling-regulation aggregator site) for a claim that properly belongs to the crypto cross-border domain; no primary Journal Officiel text was retrieved this cycle to confirm the precise statutory language of the VPN-circumvention provision as it applies to crypto access specifically (as distinct from its application to gambling access, which carries separate but parallel treatment in other monitors' coverage of the same instrument).

The practical effect, taken together with the underlying blanket prohibition, is that Algeria has closed both the substantive and the access dimensions of cross-border crypto activity in the same legislative act.

#### Outlook

No regulatory horizon entries point toward any loosening of cross-border access restrictions. The open question for this domain is whether Bank of Algeria FIU/CTRF has issued or will issue implementing guidance under Article 6 bis beyond Instruction 06-2025, which would clarify enforcement mechanics for cross-border transfer attempts specifically, as distinct from the general prohibition.

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### Algeria: C8 AML/CFT RegimeAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾

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.

C8 · AML/CFT Regime — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 4 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-11-04

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