--- title: "Dominican Republic Crypto Regulation Monitor | cryptoassets.gi" canonical: https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/dominican-republic/ source_html: /jurisdictions/dominican-republic/index.html description: "Dominican Republic crypto asset regulation: 8 categories, 32 sourced findings, updated 2026-10-26." generated_at: 2026-11-07T14:19:44Z content_sha256: 51dc28868ce280f1b3be1cca7ab81b831dcdd1f944bebb9aa3843388be5593f2 generator: "fe-fleet/md-twin@1.0" --- # Dominican Republic Crypto & Digital Asset Regulation schema crypto-v2.0.0 trajectory: not yet assessed unregulated gap overlaps: [Sentinel (AML/CFT)](https://sentinel.gi/jurisdictions/dominican-republic/), [World Payments](https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/dominican-republic/) Last updated 2026-10-26 · 8 categories · 32 sourced findings · 14 sources in the cumulative register Download report (PDF) Expand all Evidence re-verified: 2026-10-26 · Position last changed: 2026-10-26 · 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=DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC)[Build Report](/reports/?j=DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC)[Compare](/compare/?j=DOMINICAN-REPUBLIC) Framework posture Unregulated gap 7 of 9 modules populated · AI-synthesised · Tier-1/2 verified Lead supervisory authority FATF/GAFILAT Primary statutory & supervisory perimeter Next milestone (> 2026-10-26) 2027 Dominican crypto licensing/AML bill progresses through consultation Module coverage & confidence 7 / 9 modules assessed 0 Confirmed · 7 Probable · 0 Uncertain · 2 Not yet assessed 8 Categories 0 Moved this cycle 0 Key judgments 3 Open gaps 32 Findings 9 Tier-1 sources Confidence mix 8 unpopulated (sums to 8 rendered categories; click to filter) No categories moved this cycle. ## Jurisdiction lead brief Standing brief, as of 26 October 2026. #### Lead Signal The Dominican Republic remains without any registration or licensing requirement for cryptocurrency exchanges or custody services. The central bank, the banking superintendency and the securities regulator currently treat virtual-asset activity as unregulated and unsupervised, a standing position confirmed again against the governing payment-systems regulation. The development to track is a congressional bill, filed in March 2026 and titled as a law for the prevention, control and regulation of cryptocurrencies, which would create the jurisdictions first licensing gateway by having the securities regulator issue a certifying-quality licence authorising exchanges and custodians to operate legally. The bill remains in committee consultation; a public hearing was held in mid-2026, but no primary congressional source confirms its procedural status beyond that point, and it has not been enacted. #### Other Developments No classification regime exists for different categories of digital asset. There is no statutory or regulatory test in Dominican law distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, stablecoins or utility tokens from one another; the pending bill would instead treat digital assets generically as taxable property rather than introducing a differentiated classification scheme. The central bank maintains exclusive currency-issuance authority and recognises no private stablecoin category. No stablecoin issuance-authorisation regime exists, consistent with the central banks exclusive monetary authority under its governing statute, and this position has not changed. The pending bill would add a consumer-facing volatility-disclosure duty. Reporting indicates the bill would recognise the right of businesses to price goods and services in digital currencies, conditioned on disclosing volatility risk to consumers, though the specific format such disclosure would take has not been detailed in the sources reviewed, and the provision is not yet law. Existing tax treatment of crypto gains continues unchanged. The tax authoritys 2023 technical ruling, confirming that gains realised on converting crypto into pesos or other recognised liquid assets are taxable patrimonial income under the existing tax code, remains the governing position, and the tax authority continues to confirm that no dedicated reporting registry for crypto transactions exists. #### Cross-Monitor Connections The absence of any licensing gateway for virtual-asset exchanges and custodians is a structural condition that intersects with anti-money-laundering oversight tracked separately: without a licensing requirement, there is currently no mechanism bringing virtual-asset businesses within customer-due-diligence or suspicious-activity-reporting obligations specific to that sector, a gap that persists regardless of the broader financial-integrity architecture applicable to banks and other traditionally regulated entities. The pending licensing bill, if enacted, would be the mechanism that closes this gap, and its slow progress through committee consultation is consequently relevant to anti-money-laundering risk assessments of the jurisdiction as much as to crypto-specific regulatory assessments. No development in payments-infrastructure regulation or market-structure dynamics intersects directly with this cycles crypto-licensing findings. #### Outlook The bills procedural status beyond the mid-2026 public hearing is the single most consequential unknown for this domain, and confirming it from a primary congressional or securities-regulator source should be the priority for the next research cycle. Pending enactment, the jurisdiction should continue to be treated as an unregulated gap for virtual-asset licensing, with exchanges and custodians operating entirely outside any registration, supervision or anti-money-laundering gateway specific to their sector. Read full brief · 523 words Key regulatory facts for Dominican Republic Regulatory Dimension Dominican Republic Standing Position Jurisdiction Dominican Republic (DO) Regulatory Scope Crypto & Digital Asset Regulation (8 modules, 32 sourced findings) Crypto Licensing The Dominican Republic has no dedicated crypto-asset licensing statute. Token Classification Dominican regulation does not adopt a differentiated token taxonomy. On-Chain Activity Regime No Dominican regulator has issued rules specific to on-chain activities such as staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validation, or tokenization. Stablecoin Regime No stablecoin-specific issuance authorisation, reserve requirement, redemption right, disclosure, or systemic designation regime exists in the Dominican Republic. Primary Instruments Cited FATF/GAFILAT, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR filer disclosure), Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SIMV), Monetary Board Resolución JM 210129-02, Comisión Permanente de Hacienda, Cámara de Diputados Last Confirmed / Updated 2026-10-26 (14 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. ### Dominican Republic: C1 Crypto LicensingAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ The Dominican Republic has no dedicated crypto-asset licensing statute. The Junta Monetaria's Resolución JM 210129-02 (29 January 2021) and reiterated BCRD communiqués establish that virtual assets are unregulated, unsupervised, and enjoy no legal protection. Regulated banks and credit unions are separately restricted by the Superintendencia de Bancos (SB) from facilitating crypto transactions, but this binds only supervised institutions, not private individuals. SIMV treats crypto trading and offerings as falling outside the Ley de Mercado de Valores No. 249-17 perimeter, i.e., not requiring securities registration. Open gap — crypto-int-1 Current committee status of the crypto bill beyond the 8 June 2026 public hearing could not be confirmed from a primary congressional source. no under-indexing note recorded Horizon · 2027 (± a year) Dominican crypto licensing/AML bill progresses through consultation Consultation · Tier 3 source #### Crypto Licensing No registration or licensing requirement currently applies to the operation of a cryptocurrency exchange or custody service in the Dominican Republic. The central bank, the banking superintendency and the securities regulator all currently treat virtual-asset activity as unregulated and unsupervised under the governing payment-systems regulation, a position confirmed again this cycle as current and unchanged from the standing baseline. There is no obliged-entity gateway, no capital or fit-and-proper requirement, and no supervisory registration process that a virtual-asset business operating in or from the jurisdiction must satisfy. The development most relevant to this module is the continued progress, such as it is, of a congressional bill that would change this position. Filed on 16 March 2026 and carrying the title of a law for the prevention, control and regulation of cryptocurrencies, the bill proposes that the securities regulator issue a licence described as a certifying-quality authorisation, which would permit exchanges and custodians to operate legally within the jurisdiction for the first time under a dedicated virtual-asset framework. The bill is currently in committee consultation. A public hearing was held on 8 June 2026, and that hearing is the most recent confirmed procedural milestone available from the sources reviewed; no primary congressional source confirming the bills status in the months since that hearing was located, and this represents a genuine gap in the available evidence rather than a confirmed stall or advance in the bills progress. The bill, as reported, would do more than create a licensing gateway. It would also formally classify digital-asset gains as taxable property, aligning the tax treatment of crypto more explicitly with the existing 2023 technical ruling from the tax authority that already treats crypto-to-fiat conversion gains as taxable patrimonial income, and it reportedly carries anti-money-laundering provisions, though the specific content and scope of those provisions, and in particular whether they would duplicate or displace existing financial-intelligence-unit obligations under existing AML circulars applicable to other sectors, has not been confirmed from a primary source. The absence of any current licensing requirement should not be read as a static or settled policy position; it is better understood as a waiting state pending the outcome of an active legislative process. The direction of travel indicated by the bills existence and its progress through committee, however slow, points toward eventual regulation rather than continued indefinite non-regulation, though the timeline for that outcome remains genuinely uncertain given the absence of confirmed procedural movement since mid-2026. No enforcement action, supervisory statement, or public warning concerning unlicensed virtual-asset activity was identified in the jurisdiction, consistent with the absence of any licensing framework against which such enforcement could be measured in the first place. #### Outlook The most useful immediate step for tracking this module going forward is confirming the bills current committee status directly from the Camara de Diputados or the securities regulator, since secondary crypto-trade-press reporting is currently the only available window into its progress. Absent enactment, the jurisdiction remains, and should continue to be treated as, an unregulated gap for crypto licensing, with no supervisory touchpoint for exchanges or custodians and no indication from this cycles material that non-legislative administrative action to fill that gap is under consideration. Read full sub-brief · 528 words No periodic updates recorded in this cycle Sources and findings (9) - T2[FATF/GAFILAT](https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/fsrb-mer/GAFILAT-MER-Dominican-Republic-2018.pdf.coredownload.inline.pdf) — No dedicated crypto-asset licensing statute exists in the Dominican Republic; virtual assets are unregulated, unsupervised, and enjoy no legal protection under Junta Monetaria Resolución JM 210129-02 and reiterated BCRD communiqués. - T4[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR filer disclosure)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080215/000121390025125608/ea0258165-02.htm) — Regulated banks, credit unions and other entities supervised by the Superintendencia de Bancos are restricted from investing in, accepting, or facilitating cryptocurrency transactions; this restriction applies to supervised financial institutions and does not extend to private individual ownership, holding, or peer-to-peer trading. - T1[Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SIMV)](https://simv.gob.do/reiteracion-de-advertencias-sobre-esquemas-de-inversiones-fraudulentas-2/) — The Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SIMV) treats cryptocurrency and virtual-asset investment schemes as occurring in unregulated markets outside the perimeter of Ley de Mercado de Valores No. 249-17, meaning such activity is not subject to SIMV registration, authorization, or supervision. - T1[Monetary Board Resolución JM 210129-02](https://sb.gob.do/media/pomo4jq5/20210129_segunda-reglamento-de-sistemas-de-pago.pdf) — Regulated financial institutions (banks, EMIs, securities-market entities) are prohibited from investing in, accepting, or facilitating crypto-asset transactions within the national payment system. - T3[Comisión Permanente de Hacienda, Cámara de Diputados](https://www.criptonoticias.com/regulacion/freno-proyectos-ley-regular-bitcoin-republica-dominicana/) — Two merged crypto-licensing bills (05400-2024-2028-CD, 05569-2024-2028-CD) remain stalled in committee with no formal dictamen produced. - T1[Dominican Republic crypto regulatory framework](https://sb.gob.do/media/pomo4jq5/20210129_segunda-reglamento-de-sistemas-de-pago.pdf) — No CASP registration or licence is currently required to operate a crypto exchange or custody service in the Dominican Republic; BCRD/SB/SIMV treat virtual assets as unregulated and unsupervised. - T3[Ley para la Prevención, Control y Regulación de las Criptomonedas (bill)](https://criptodominicano.do/en/bitcoin-digital-assets-law-dominican-republic/) — A bill proposes a SIMV-issued 'Calidad Certificante' licence authorising exchanges and custodians to operate legally; filed 16 March 2026, in committee consultation with a public hearing held 8 June 2026, not yet enacted. - T4 · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR filer disclosure)[Dominican Republic (per third-party SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080215/000121390025125608/ea0258165-02.htm) — use of certain digital assets such as Bitcoin (per a non-DR SEC issuer risk-factor disclosure, uncorroborated by any Dominican primary legal instrument) - T2 · FATF/GAFILAT[Ley Monetaria y Financiera No. 183-02](https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/fsrb-mer/GAFILAT-MER-Dominican-Republic-2018.pdf.coredownload.inline.pdf) — a licensing or registration category specific to virtual-asset service providers ### Dominican Republic: C2 Token ClassificationRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ Dominican regulation does not adopt a differentiated token taxonomy. Resolución JM 210129-02, Art. 4(a) defines a single undifferentiated 'Activo Virtual' category encompassing all cryptoassets, with no distinction between security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins, or NFTs. C2 · Token Classification — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 4 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-26 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/) ### Dominican Republic: C3 On-Chain Activity Regime unpopulated ▾ No Dominican regulator has issued rules specific to on-chain activities such as staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validation, or tokenization. These activities remain within the general unregulated/unsupervised 'activo virtual' posture established by BCRD/Junta Monetaria, with no activity-specific instrument identified in this pass. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. No periodic updates recorded in this cycle ### Dominican Republic: C4 Stablecoin RegimeRedEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ No stablecoin-specific issuance authorisation, reserve requirement, redemption right, disclosure, or systemic designation regime exists in the Dominican Republic. Stablecoins are not distinguished from other cryptoassets and fall within the same unregulated 'Activo Virtual' category confirmed by BCRD communiqués. C4 · Stablecoins & EMTs — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 2 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-26 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/) ### Dominican Republic: C5 Consumer ProtectionAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ There is no crypto-specific consumer protection statute. SIMV issues public risk-disclosure warnings about unregulated investment schemes (including crypto/FOREX/Ponzi-type structures) under its Circular 02/23 warning framework, and SB issues 'Circulares de Advertencia' identifying entities that misrepresent themselves as authorized financial or exchange intermediaries, a mechanism capable of capturing unauthorized crypto-related schemes. Absence reason not determinable No sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason. No periodic updates recorded in this cycle Sources and findings (5) - T1[Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SIMV)](https://simv.gob.do/reiteracion-de-advertencias-sobre-esquemas-de-inversiones-fraudulentas-2/) — SIMV publicly warns investors of the risks of engaging in unregulated markets and investment schemes involving FOREX, virtual assets, and cryptocurrencies, including potential Ponzi/pyramid structures, and reiterates that only entities registered in the Registro del Mercado de Valores are authorized market participants. - T1[Superintendencia de Bancos (SB)](https://www.sb.gob.do/media/w2kckbob/circular-sb-num-016-22-circulares-de-advertencia-signed.pdf) — The Superintendencia de Bancos issues 'Circulares de Advertencia' identifying persons or entities that misrepresent themselves as authorized to provide financial or exchange intermediation services without Junta Monetaria authorization, a mechanism that can capture unauthorized crypto-related investment schemes. - T2[Ley para la Prevención, Control y Regulación de las Criptomonedas (bill)](https://www.criptonoticias.com/regulacion/ley-orden-seguridad-bitcoin-republica-dominicana/) — The pending crypto bill would recognise the right of businesses to set prices in digital currencies, conditioned on an obligation to disclose volatility to consumers; not yet law. - T1[BCRD / SIMV](https://sb.gob.do/media/pomo4jq5/20210129_segunda-reglamento-de-sistemas-de-pago.pdf) — BCRD and SIMV maintain standing public communiqués that crypto-assets are unregulated, unsupervised, and enjoy no legal protection or state backing. - T2 · FATF[Pro Consumidor / Dominican financial regulators](https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/countries/detail/Dominican-Republic.html) — crypto-specific risk-disclosure, marketing-restriction, or custody-segregation rules ### Dominican Republic: C6 Tax TreatmentAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ DGII Consulta 20-Criptomonedas (10 October 2023) is a genuine primary tax ruling confirming that gains from converting cryptoassets into pesos or other recognized liquid assets are taxable income under Código Tributario Arts. 267, 268, 296 and 297. The same ruling confirms no dedicated transaction-reporting registry exists for crypto activity. VAT/ITBIS treatment of simple peer-to-peer crypto exchange remains an open, unresolved question in DGII's own consulta record. C6 · Tax Treatment — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 8 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-26 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) . 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C7 · Cross-Border & Travel Rule — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 4 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-26 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/) ### Dominican Republic: C8 AML/CFT RegimeAmberEnacted in forceModule confidence: Probable▾ Crypto AML/CFT obligations are subscribed from the FIM (financial-integrity) module per fleet doctrine; no substantive aml_cft_regime claims are produced in this baseline. For disambiguation context only: SB Circular Núm. 005/22 (Instructivo sobre Debida Diligencia, 3rd version) defines 'Proveedor de Servicio de Activo Virtual' at §2.50 and governs how supervised EIF/cambiario/fiduciary entities apply customer due diligence to virtual-asset counterparties; it is a due-diligence circular, not a licensing or ban instrument. C8 · AML/CFT Regime — Full Module Record 0 sub-modules · 180 words · 4 traced claims · Re-verified 2026-10-26 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/)