--- title: "BZ Crypto Regulation Monitor | cryptoassets.gi" canonical: https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/bz-crypto-digital-asset-regulation/ source_html: /jurisdictions/belize/index.html description: "BZ crypto asset regulation: 8 categories, 23 sourced findings, updated 2026-10-25. Licensing, token classification, stablecoins, tax treatment." generated_at: 2026-11-07T14:19:44Z content_sha256: e8986b92e1815a3970bf3711e133f1d448d5111ab7d35ac7fbb7e08a1808f069 generator: "fe-fleet/md-twin@1.0" --- # BZ Crypto & Digital Asset Regulation schema crypto-v2.0.0 trajectory: not yet assessed prohibited overlaps: [Sentinel (AML/CFT)](https://sentinel.gi/jurisdictions/belize/) Last updated 2026-10-25 · 8 categories · 23 sourced findings · 17 sources in the cumulative register Download report (PDF) Expand all Evidence re-verified: 2026-10-25 · Position last changed: 2026-10-25 · 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. Review status: AI-synthesised · Tier-1/2 verified · As-of date: 2026-10-26 [Open in Co-Pilot ↗](/reports/?type=copilot&j=BELIZE)[Build Report](/reports/?j=BELIZE)[Compare](/compare/?j=BELIZE) Framework posture Prohibited 8 of 9 modules populated · AI-synthesised · Tier-1/2 verified Lead supervisory authority Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Primary statutory & supervisory perimeter Next milestone (> 2026-10-26) 2026-Q4 FSC (Amendment) Act, 2026 expected to settle permanent virtual-asset licensing framework 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 6 Open gaps 23 Findings 2 Tier-1 sources Confidence mix 8 unpopulated (sums to 8 rendered categories; click to filter) No categories moved this cycle. ## Jurisdiction lead brief ###### Latest update · 25 October 2026 #### Lead Signal Belize's statutory moratorium on digital-asset licensing, imposed under section 81 of the Financial Services Commission Act, expired on 1 January 2026. In its place, the Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025 now require a licence for the provision of digital asset services under regulation 4(1). This is a structural liberalisation in the sense that a licensing gateway now exists where none did before, but the regime is explicitly transitional: regulation 12 provides that the Regulations will expire on the entry into force of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026, and the commencement date of that successor Act has not been located. Belize's crypto framework should therefore be read as a bridge regime rather than a settled permanent architecture. Contravention of the licence requirement under regulation 4(2) is treated as an offence under the Act, though the specific fine and sentencing maxima attached to that offence were not confirmed in full. The combination of an active licensing gateway, an enforceable offence provision, and an unresolved sunset clause is the single most consequential fact governing any digital-asset activity touching Belize at this time. #### Other Developments A Policy Statement issued by the Financial Services Commission on 31 March 2026 classifies Contracts for Differences referencing digital assets, so-called Crypto CFDs, as securities under the Securities Industry Act, 2021. Only the Commission's own notice-page title for this Policy Statement was retrieved, so the pinpoint reasoning and scope of the classification were not independently confirmed; the classification itself is treated as probable rather than confirmed pending fuller text. The Regulations set a custody-and-control test for exemption from the general licensing requirement: a person who does not take custody of, exercise control over, or transact on behalf of others in respect of digital assets falls outside the licence requirement, subject to the Commission's discretion to bring high-risk entities within scope regardless. Detailed segregation, sub-custody, and insolvency-treatment provisions were not located in the material retrieved, so the practical operation of this exemption for custodial arrangements remains only partially mapped. Belize has reportedly committed to the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework , with domestic transposition and active information-exchange agreements targeted by 2027, according to a commercial advisory source rather than a primary OECD or Belize government document. This is reported with appropriately hedged confidence given the sourcing, but it is consistent with Belize's recent trajectory of engagement with international tax-transparency standards on other fronts. The Regulations contain an extraterritorial deeming provision : a person incorporated in Belize that provides digital-asset services outside Belize is deemed to be providing those services from within Belize, bringing such persons within the domestic licensing perimeter regardless of where the services are actually rendered to end users. #### Cross-Monitor Connections The expiry of the digital-asset licensing moratorium and the activation of a licensing gateway have an AML/CTF dimension that a sister monitor in this fleet tracks separately: a digital-asset services licence under the new Regulations is a natural point at which anti-money-laundering obligations would attach to crypto-asset operators in Belize, though the interpreter cycle feeding this brief carried no row addressing that intersection directly this time. The extraterritorial deeming provision also has payments-sector relevance, since a Belize-incorporated entity serving customers abroad under this regime sits at the intersection of crypto licensing and cross-border payment-service questions tracked elsewhere. #### Outlook The central open question for Belize's digital-asset regime is the commencement date of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026, which will trigger the sunset of the current transitional Regulations under regulation 12. As scheduled, this is expected around the first quarter of 2027, though that date carries a wide uncertainty band and existing licences are expected to be grandfathered until their own expiry regardless of the exact commencement date. Separately, a Digital Assets Bill, 2026 was out for public consultation with comments due 8 September 2026; that consultation has now closed as of this compose cycle, though the outcome and any resulting legislative text were not available. Together these two tracks suggest Belize's digital-asset framework is likely to continue evolving materially over the next one to two years rather than settling into its current transitional form. ###### Standing brief · as of 18 October 2026 Written before the update above. Where they differ, the update is the more recent position. #### Lead Signal Belize digital-asset licensing regime passed a structural threshold on 1 January 2026, when the statutory prohibition under section 81 of the Financial Services Commission Act, 2023 on the Commission issuing licences for specified virtual-asset activities expired. That prohibition had barred licensing of such activities until 31 December 2025, and its lapse opened the gateway for the Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025, made under S.I. No. 162 of 2025, to function as the operative licensing framework. Regulation 4(1) of those Regulations prohibits carrying on digital-asset services without a licence from the Commission, and regulation 4(2) makes contravention an offence; this is a binding, in-force requirement as of the Regulations 30 December 2025 commencement. The Regulations are, however, explicitly temporary: regulation 12 provides that they expire on the entry into force of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026, with regulation 13 preserving existing licences until their own stated expiry. Belize digital-asset licensing framework is therefore best described as a functioning but time-limited gateway, operative today, due to be superseded once the Amendment Act commences, with the content and commencement date of that Amendment Act not independently verified this cycle. #### Other Developments The Financial Services Commission issued a Policy Statement on 21 May 2026 classifying Crypto CFDs as securities. The Policy Statement brings contracts for difference referencing digital assets within the Securities Industry Act, 2021 regime rather than under the Digital Asset Services Licensing Regulations, establishing a narrow but binding classification precedent. This resolves the treatment of one specific product type (crypto-referencing CFDs) while leaving the general question of how tokens are classified across other categories, such as utility tokens, payment tokens or asset-referenced tokens, unaddressed by any general statutory test located this cycle. #### Cross-Monitor Connections The digital-asset licensing transition tracked here connects directly to the enabler-jurisdiction and financial-innovation analysis maintained by the Financial Integrity Monitor, which tracks the same underlying legislative uncertainty, specifically the unresolved relationship between the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 and a separate Digital Assets Bill, 2026 that completed public consultation on 8 September 2026, as a watch item bearing on Belize standing as a jurisdiction for digital-asset financial innovation. No world-payments-specific connection was identified for the two modules in scope this cycle. #### Outlook The central open question for Belize crypto-regulatory trajectory is which instrument, the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 or the separately consulted Digital Assets Bill, 2026, ultimately supersedes the current interim Regulations, and when. Until the Amendment Act substantive text is retrieved, the current licensing gateway under S.I. No. 162 of 2025 should be treated as the operative but provisional regime, and the Crypto CFD securities classification should be treated as a settled but narrow precedent rather than evidence of a general token taxonomy. Read full brief · 1171 words Key regulatory facts for BZ Regulatory Dimension BZ Standing Position Jurisdiction BZ (BZ) Regulatory Scope Crypto & Digital Asset Regulation (8 modules, 23 sourced findings) Crypto Licensing Belize does not operate a VASP licensing regime. Token Classification Belize has not enacted a statutory token taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins or NFTs. On-Chain Activity Regime No Belizean statute or regulator rulebook separately addresses on-chain activities such as staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validation or tokenization. Stablecoin Regime Belize has no crypto-stablecoin issuance, reserve, redemption, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime. Primary Instruments Cited Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), Financial Services Commission of Belize, Belize digital-asset / DASP licence, Financial Services Commission of Belize (FSC), Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Last Confirmed / Updated 2026-10-25 (17 sources in cumulative register) 8 of 8 categories Signal Moved Judgment Gap Density Comfortable Compact Expand all sources Reset all Selections OR within a group, AND across groups. Press / to search. ### BZ: C1 Crypto LicensingRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ Belize does not operate a VASP licensing regime. Instead, the operation of VASPs is prohibited until December 31, 2025, by virtue of s.81 (3) of the FSCA (Financial Services Commission Act, No. 8 of 2023). The Belize has established measures for non-compliance with the prohibition, and the FSC is the statutory body established in Belize to regulate and supervise non-bank financial services entities licensed or registered pursuant to the FSCA, No.8 of 2023 and the Securities Industry Act, 2021, including registered agents (TCSPs), securities and mutual funds. No primary source was located confirming whether the moratorium was extended, lifted, or replaced by a licensing route after its stated 31 December 2025 end date; this is a material open question given the current research date of 2026-10-03. Open gap — crypto-int-1 Has the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act No. 8 of 2026) commenced, and if so on what date? This governs the sunset of the current transitional licensing regime. no under-indexing note recorded Horizon · 2026-Q4 (± six months) FSC (Amendment) Act, 2026 expected to settle permanent virtual-asset licensing framework Consultation · Tier 4 source Horizon · 2027-Q1 (± a year) Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 commencement / DASP Regulations sunset Adopted · Tier 1 source Horizon · 2026-09-08 (± a quarter) Digital Assets Bill, 2026 consultation close Consultation · Tier 1 source #### Crypto Licensing Belize's virtual-asset licensing regime is governed by section 81 of the Financial Services Commission Act, Act No. 8 of 2023, in force since 15 April 2023. Section 81(1) prohibits a person from carrying on virtual-asset business in or from Belize without a licence issued by the Financial Services Commission. The prohibited activities are defined broadly: exchange of virtual assets, custody of virtual assets, transfer of virtual assets, provision of loans or deposits denominated in or secured by virtual assets, management or administration of virtual assets on behalf of another person, and participation in or provision of services related to the issuance, offer, or sale of virtual assets. This is a comprehensive, activity-based licensing prohibition rather than a narrow exchange-only regime, and it has been confirmed in force continuously since April 2023. The same Act, however, barred the Financial Services Commission from issuing any section 81(1) licence until after 31 December 2025. This moratorium provision is itself confirmed in force from 15 April 2023, and it created a period of more than two and a half years during which the licensing prohibition applied in full but no licence could lawfully be granted to satisfy it — a structural feature of the regime rather than an oversight, and one that effectively foreclosed lawful virtual-asset business activity in or from Belize for that period absent an alternative legal basis. The moratorium has now lapsed by its own statutory terms as of 31 December 2025. What now governs licence issuance is reported only from secondary, Tier 4 vendor sourcing: a Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025 is described as having been issued on an interim basis in December 2025, with a further Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 described as intended to settle a permanent licensing framework. Neither instrument's text, nor a confirmed in-force date, has been located on a primary Financial Services Commission channel this cycle, so this finding is held at Probable rather than Confirmed confidence. The specific fine and imprisonment maxima attached to a section 81(6)-(7) contravention were not located this cycle, meaning the precise penalty exposure for carrying on unlicensed virtual-asset business in Belize remains unconfirmed, even though the underlying prohibition and its statutory basis are well-established. #### Outlook The Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 is reported to be before Belize's National Assembly, with a permanent statutory virtual-asset licensing framework expected, as scheduled, around Q4 2026, though this estimate rests on Tier 4 sourcing and carries Uncertain confidence with a half-year uncertainty band. Primary-source confirmation of either the December 2025 interim Regulations' text and commencement date, or the Amendment Act's drafting status and legislative progress, is the key development to watch for in subsequent cycles. Until that confirmation is reached, the practical legal basis on which a virtual-asset business licence can presently be obtained in Belize remains unconfirmed on the public record, notwithstanding that the underlying section 81 prohibition and its 2023 moratorium provision are both well-established and confirmed. Read full sub-brief · 494 words Periodic update · new data 2026-10-25 #### Crypto Licensing Belize's statutory moratorium on digital-asset licensing under section 81 of the Financial Services Commission Act expired on 1 January 2026. The Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025 are now the operative instrument, requiring a licence for the provision of digital asset services under regulation 4(1). This is the single most consequential development in Belize's crypto framework: a licensing gateway that did not previously exist in an operative form is now in force. The Regulations are explicitly transitional. Regulation 12 provides that they expire on the entry into force of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026, which has been adopted but whose commencement date could not be located. Existing licences are expected to remain valid until their own expiry, unless varied, suspended, or revoked, according to a secondary commentary source, though this treatment was not independently confirmed against the primary Regulations text. Contravention of the licence requirement under regulation 4(2) is an offence under the Act; the specific statutory fine and sentencing maxima attached to this offence were not located in full. A secondary commercial vendor page quotes a minimum capital requirement of USD 50,000 for a digital-asset services provider licence in Belize. This figure could not be confirmed against the primary Regulations text and is sourced only from a lower-tier commercial source, so it is treated with appropriately low confidence and should not be relied upon as an authoritative capital-adequacy threshold without separate verification. Separately, a Digital Assets Bill, 2026 was the subject of public consultation, with the comment period having closed on 8 September 2026. The relationship between this Bill and the Amendment Act referenced in regulation 12 is not fully clear from the material available; they may be the same legislative vehicle or related but distinct instruments, and the outcome of the consultation has not been reported. #### Outlook The commencement date of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 remains the critical unresolved fact governing the lifespan of the current transitional licensing regime. As scheduled, commencement is anticipated around the first quarter of 2027, though this carries a wide uncertainty band. Firms currently licensed or seeking licensing under the 2025 Regulations should expect the regime to be superseded in due course, with grandfathering of existing licences the most likely transitional mechanism based on currently available secondary commentary. 1 earlier distinct update(s) Periodic update · new data 2026-10-18 #### Crypto Licensing Belize crypto-licensing framework reached an operative threshold on 1 January 2026 when the statutory prohibition in section 81 of the Financial Services Commission Act, 2023 expired. That provision had barred the Commission from issuing licences for specified virtual-asset activities until 31 December 2025; unless someone was licensed under the Act, they could not conduct certain activities involving virtual assets on behalf of others, and the prohibition period meant no such licences could lawfully be granted during that window. With the prohibition lapsed, the Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025, made under S.I. No. 162 of 2025 and in force since 30 December 2025, now function as the substantive licensing gateway. Regulation 4(1) of those Regulations is the binding operative provision: a person shall not carry on digital-asset services unless that person holds a valid licence issued by the Commission. Regulation 4(2) makes contravention of that prohibition an offence, giving the licensing requirement criminal-law backing rather than merely administrative consequence. This is an in-force, binding obligation applying to any person carrying on digital-asset services in or from Belize, and it represents the primary compliance obligation facing digital-asset businesses in the jurisdiction today. The Regulations are, however, explicitly structured as an interim measure. Regulation 12 provides that the Regulations expire upon entry into force of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026, meaning the entire licensing framework currently in operation is scheduled to be superseded once that Act commences. Regulation 13 addresses the transition for firms already licensed under the interim regime, preserving existing licences until their own stated expiry dates rather than causing an abrupt lapse in authorisation at the moment the Regulations themselves expire. This transitional design, under which currently licensed firms retain authorisation even as the framework that licensed them is phased out, is a structurally significant feature of the regime: it indicates the FSC approach is intended to avoid a regulatory gap for existing licence-holders during the changeover. What remains unresolved is the content and commencement timetable of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 itself. Its existence and title were confirmed, but its substantive provisions could not be retrieved or assessed this cycle, which means the shape of the licensing regime that will eventually replace the current interim Regulations is not yet known. This is recorded as a gap in the evidence base, not as a finding about the Amendment Act content, and it should not be read as suggesting any particular outcome for what the successor regime will require. #### Outlook The key forward-looking question for Belize crypto-licensing regime is the timing and content of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 entry into force, at which point the current interim Regulations will expire by their own terms under regulation 12. Firms currently licensed under the 2025 Regulations should expect their existing licences to be preserved through the transition per regulation 13, but the terms on which new licences will be issued, or existing ones renewed, once the Amendment Act commences cannot be assessed until its text is retrieved. Exact penalty figures for contravention of the regulation 4 licensing requirement, referenced generally in section 81 of the 2023 Act, were likewise not retrieved this cycle and remain an open item. Sources and findings (7) - T1[Financial Services Commission of Belize](https://www.belizefsc.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SI-No-162-of-2025-Financial-Services-Commission-Digital-Asset-Regs.pdf) — Digital asset services (SI No. 162 of 2025, reg 4(1)) - T1[Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025](https://www.belizefsc.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SI-No-162-of-2025-Financial-Services-Commission-Digital-Asset-Regs.pdf) — Entry into force of the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 (reg 12) - T4[Belize digital-asset / DASP licence](https://www.consulting24.co/crypto-staking-license-belize/) — USD 50,000 (per secondary commercial source, not independently confirmed against primary Regulations text) ### BZ: C2 Token ClassificationRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ Belize has not enacted a statutory token taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins or NFTs. The FSCA addresses virtual assets only through the blanket VASP operating prohibition rather than through asset-class classification, so no classification claims can be grounded in primary law. Periodic update · new data 2026-10-25 #### Token Classification The Financial Services Commission of Belize issued a Policy Statement, dated 31 March 2026, classifying Contracts for Differences that reference digital assets, commonly called Crypto CFDs, as securities under the Securities Industry Act, 2021. This is the only confirmed token-classification development located for Belize, and it addresses a specific derivative product class rather than the classification of digital assets or tokens generally. Only the Commission's own notice-page title for this Policy Statement was retrieved; the substantive reasoning, scope, and any carve-outs within the Policy Statement were not independently confirmed. The classification is accordingly treated as probable rather than confirmed, pending retrieval of the full text. No broader token-taxonomy framework, such as a general utility-token, payment-token, or security-token classification scheme applicable to digital assets as a whole, was located for Belize; the Crypto CFD classification stands as a narrow, product-specific determination rather than evidence of a comprehensive classification regime. #### Outlook Retrieval of the full text of the 31 March 2026 Policy Statement remains the priority item for confirming the precise scope of the Crypto CFD classification and whether the Commission intends to extend a similar securities-law analysis to other digital-asset product types. No broader token-classification framework is currently anticipated based on the material available. C2 · Token Classification — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 1 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-25 The decision headline, regulatory posture (Red), primary framework, and supervisory authority above are open on the Free Explore layer. Register free with a business email for 3 full-record passes a month , or unlock all 170 jurisdictions with Pro (£39/mo · £99/mo all products) or Firm (£199/mo · £449/mo all products) . [Unlock with Free Pass / Sign In](https://a-i.gi/auth/login) [View Pro & Firm Plans (£39 / £199)](https://a-i.gi/licensing/#plans)[View Open Exemplar (Gibraltar)](/jurisdictions/gi/) ### BZ: C3 On-Chain Activity RegimeRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ No Belizean statute or regulator rulebook separately addresses on-chain activities such as staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validation or tokenization. To the extent such activity constitutes a VASP business in or from Belize it would fall within the general s.81(3) prohibition, but no activity-specific rules were identified. C3 · On-Chain Activity — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 1 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-25 The decision headline, regulatory posture (Red), primary framework, and supervisory authority above are open on the Free Explore layer. Register free with a business email for 3 full-record passes a month , or unlock all 170 jurisdictions with Pro (£39/mo · £99/mo all products) or Firm (£199/mo · £449/mo all products) . [Unlock with Free Pass / Sign In](https://a-i.gi/auth/login)[View Pro & Firm Plans (£39 / £199)](https://a-i.gi/licensing/#plans)[View Open Exemplar (Gibraltar)](/jurisdictions/gi/) ### BZ: C4 Stablecoin RegimeRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ Belize has no crypto-stablecoin issuance, reserve, redemption, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime. The only electronic-money product regulated domestically is CBB-approved, bank-issued e-money denominated in Belize dollars for domestic use, which is a distinct non-crypto payments product. C4 · Stablecoins & EMTs — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 1 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-25 The decision headline, regulatory posture (Red), primary framework, and supervisory authority above are open on the Free Explore layer. Register free with a business email for 3 full-record passes a month , or unlock all 170 jurisdictions with Pro (£39/mo · £99/mo all products) or Firm (£199/mo · £449/mo all products) . [Unlock with Free Pass / Sign In](https://a-i.gi/auth/login)[View Pro & Firm Plans (£39 / £199)](https://a-i.gi/licensing/#plans)[View Open Exemplar (Gibraltar)](/jurisdictions/gi/) ### BZ: C5 Consumer ProtectionRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ Belize has no licensed VASP population (operation being prohibited), so custody, suitability, complaint-handling, market-abuse and order-handling rules specific to crypto service providers do not exist. The FSC's main consumer-facing action is a public risk-warning statement on virtual currency/cryptocurrency rather than a binding conduct-of-business regime. #### Consumer Protection The Financial Services Commission (Digital Asset Services Licensing) Regulations, 2025 establish a custody-and-control test that determines whether a person falls within the licensing requirement: a person who does not take custody of, exercise control over, or transact on behalf of others in respect of digital assets is exempt from licensing, subject to the Commission's discretion to bring high-risk entities within scope notwithstanding that exemption. This functions as the primary consumer-protection-relevant threshold within the current regime, since it determines which digital-asset businesses fall under the Commission's direct licensing and supervisory oversight. Detailed rules on custody segregation, the treatment of sub-custody arrangements, and the treatment of client digital assets on an operator's insolvency were not located in the material retrieved. The source supporting the custody-and-control test itself is a secondary commentary source rather than the primary Regulations text, so while the existence of the test is treated as probable, its detailed operation in practice, including what happens to customer assets if a licensed or exempt operator fails, remains unconfirmed. No further consumer-facing rules, such as disclosure requirements, cooling-off rights, or complaint-handling obligations specific to digital-asset services, were identified for Belize. #### Outlook Confirmation of the detailed custody, segregation, and insolvency-treatment provisions within the Regulations' primary text is the main outstanding item for a fuller consumer-protection picture. Until that is available, market participants and their customers should treat the custody-and-control exemption test as the operative but incompletely documented boundary of regulatory protection in this area. Read full sub-brief · 243 words No periodic updates recorded in this cycle Sources and findings (7) - T1[Financial Services Commission of Belize (FSC)](https://www.belizefsc.org.bz/public-statement-virtual-currency-cryptocurrency/) — As early as 2019, the jurisdiction via the FSC (formerly known as the International Financial Services Commission "IFSC") through public notification advised the public of, inter alia, the risk associated with conducting business with VASPs and VAs and the actions taken by the FSC including communicating to its licensees; the FSC maintains a public statement on virtual currency/cryptocurrency risk warnings on its own website. ### BZ: C6 Tax TreatmentAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ No crypto-specific tax statute (capital gains, income tax, VAT/GST, withholding, or reporting obligation) was identified for Belize in this research pass. Belize's general tax regime is oriented around territorial/offshore company taxation (e.g., International Business Companies), but no provision addressing virtual-asset transactions specifically was located; this module is flagged for deeper primary-source research next cycle. C6 · Tax Treatment — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 5 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-25 The decision headline, regulatory posture (Amber), primary framework, and supervisory authority above are open on the Free Explore layer. Register free with a business email for 3 full-record passes a month , or unlock all 170 jurisdictions with Pro (£39/mo · £99/mo all products) or Firm (£199/mo · £449/mo all products) . [Unlock with Free Pass / Sign In](https://a-i.gi/auth/login)[View Pro & Firm Plans (£39 / £199)](https://a-i.gi/licensing/#plans)[View Open Exemplar (Gibraltar)](/jurisdictions/gi/) ### BZ: C7 Cross-Border TransferRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ No crypto-specific cross-border transfer rule (passporting, reverse solicitation, or third-country access) exists in Belize, consistent with the absence of a licensed VASP population. Belize's FATF/CFATF increased-monitoring status is AML/CFT-driven context handled under the FIM subscription and is noted here only for disambiguation, not as a crypto cross-border rule. C7 · Cross-Border & Travel Rule — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 1 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-25 The decision headline, regulatory posture (Red), primary framework, and supervisory authority above are open on the Free Explore layer. Register free with a business email for 3 full-record passes a month , or unlock all 170 jurisdictions with Pro (£39/mo · £99/mo all products) or Firm (£199/mo · £449/mo all products) . [Unlock with Free Pass / Sign In](https://a-i.gi/auth/login)[View Pro & Firm Plans (£39 / £199)](https://a-i.gi/licensing/#plans)[View Open Exemplar (Gibraltar)](/jurisdictions/gi/) ### BZ: C8 AML/CFT RegimeAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ AML/CFT obligations for virtual-asset activity in Belize are covered under the fleet's Financial Integrity Monitor (FIM) subscription (aml_ctf) and are not duplicated in this crypto baseline per the module-subscription reminder. For disambiguation context only: Belize remains on the FATF list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring as of 19 June 2026, and the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) framework, including the FSC and Central Bank of Belize (CBB), governs AML/CFT supervision generally. No aml_cft_regime claims are emitted here by design. C8 · AML/CFT Regime — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 4 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-25 The decision headline, regulatory posture (Amber), primary framework, and supervisory authority above are open on the Free Explore layer. Register free with a business email for 3 full-record passes a month , or unlock all 170 jurisdictions with Pro (£39/mo · £99/mo all products) or Firm (£199/mo · £449/mo all products) . [Unlock with Free Pass / Sign In](https://a-i.gi/auth/login)[View Pro & Firm Plans (£39 / £199)](https://a-i.gi/licensing/#plans)[View Open Exemplar (Gibraltar)](/jurisdictions/gi/)