This site tracks how 34 countries and 11 US states regulate cryptocurrency and digital assets: the statutes, the regulators, the effective dates, and the penalty exposure, maintained as a single reviewable register rather than a news feed. Every jurisdiction page carries the same structure so entries can be compared, and every material claim links to a primary source: the statute, the regulator's rulebook, or the official gazette.
The status scale
Each jurisdiction gets one of six grades. Comprehensive means a dedicated licensing framework for core crypto activity is in force. Partial means some activities are regulated under crypto-specific or adapted rules with major gaps remaining. In transition means a framework is enacted or drafted but not yet fully operative. Restrictive means significant activity is prohibited or forced through narrow carve-outs. Prohibited means core activity such as trading or issuance is banned. No dedicated regime means general law applies without a crypto framework. Grades describe the law on the books as applied, not enforcement intensity, which the page text covers.
Sourcing rules
Primary sources outrank everything: legislation databases (EUR-Lex, Congress.gov, national gazettes), regulator publications (FCA policy statements, FSA guidelines, CMB communiqués), and official announcements. Where a linked deep URL could rot, entries link the issuing institution's stable root instead. Secondary reporting is used to date events, never as the basis for a legal claim. Anything that could not be verified against a primary source at review time is either omitted or flagged as uncertain in the text.
Review cadence and corrections
The register is reviewed as the law moves, with the date of the last full review, currently August 12, 2026, stamped on every page and in the footer. Deadline marks on the calendar update client-side against the current date. If you find an error, a superseded rule, or a missing instrument, say so: corrections with a citation get priority.
Machine access
The dataset is deliberately open to automated readers. register.json carries the structured register, llms-full.txt is a full plain-text rendering built for language models, llms.txt is the index, and feed.xml syndicates the digest. Cite the site, not a screenshot.
Who maintains this
The register is maintained by Stephen Bowles, founder of Agency Echelon, a digital advertising and media consultancy, drawing on twenty years of work at the intersection of regulated industries and digital platforms. It is an independent research project: no exchange, issuer, or law firm sponsors it, and nothing here is legal advice.