Lao PDR operates a narrow, time-limited pilot rather than a general VASP licensing regime. Ministerial Decision No. 888/MOTC (9 Nov 2021) establishes a 3-year pilot covering crypto mining (MTC-licensed, 100% Lao-owned) and crypto trading; Decision No. 777/BOL (13 Dec 2021, per FATF/APG's date correction) sets trading-platform-specific licensing, capital and ownership requirements administered by the Bank of the Lao PDR. As of late 2025/2026 the pilot is being actively wound down via electricity cuts to miners, and no independently-opened primary-text PDF of either Decision was located; all Tier-1 anchors here are authoritative secondary analysis (FATF/APG, IMF), not the instrument text itself.
Absence reason not determinableNo sub-brief exists and the JID records no gap or review marker explaining why. The renderer will not invent a reason.
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Decision 888/MOTC defines 'digital asset' broadly, without a differentiated taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, e-money tokens, asset-referenced tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins or NFTs. IMF technical assistance flagged this breadth as a risk that the definition could inadvertently capture electronic money and mobile money.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
Mining is the only on-chain activity explicitly addressed by the pilot framework; staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, node operation, validator activity and tokenization are not addressed by any identified Lao instrument.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
No stablecoin-specific issuance, reserve, redemption or systemic-designation regime has been identified in Lao PDR. BoL policy under the pilot treats crypto generally as not to be used as a means of exchange, which effectively precludes a domestic stablecoin payment use-case rather than establishing an affirmative stablecoin framework.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
BoL treats consumer protection as central to its regulatory approach for licensed trading platforms, though crypto uptake and consumer risk are currently assessed as limited. There are no formal marketing restrictions yet, but BoL monitors social media advertising by unlicensed firms and is considering developing promotion rules.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
The pilot framework imposes specific fee/tax obligations on licensed trading platforms (a lump-sum tax on transaction fees plus a one-off royalty fee) and per-megawatt fees on licensed miners, administered via BOL and MTC. No dedicated individual capital-gains or income-tax treatment for retail crypto holders distinct from these licensee-level fees has been identified.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
No dedicated cross-border crypto transfer regime (outbound restriction, reporting threshold, or crypto-specific travel rule) was identified. Decision 777/BOL requires licensed trading platforms to partner with a BOL-regulated commercial bank for money transfer, payment and FX settlement, which indirectly channels flows through the banking system, but this is a domestic settlement-partnering requirement rather than a dedicated cross-border VA rule. Travel Rule and other AML-adjacent cross-border oversight fall under the FIM aml_ctf module and are out of scope here; FATF/APG found no designated VASP AML/CFT supervisor, which bears on cross-border VA oversight generally.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
AML/CFT supervision of crypto/VASP activity is out of scope for this crypto-consumer baseline; it is subscribed from the Financial Integrity Module (FIM) aml_ctf baseline and is not re-produced here. Disambiguation context only: FATF/APG's 2023 Mutual Evaluation Report found Lao PDR had not designated an AML/CFT supervisor for VASPs and rated Recommendation 15 (New Technologies) non-compliant, noting the 2018 National Risk Assessment did not cover virtual assets/VASPs and a September 2022 sector risk assessment provided limited further insight.
Absence reason not determinableNo 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 against this sub-brief.
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