This agreement represents a pivotal shift in how traditional African capital markets engage with digital asset infrastructure. Rather than viewing digital assets solely as speculative retail instruments, the NSE is…
When comparing the National Treasury’s initial draft published in March 2026 against the final Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, 2026 (Legal Notice No. 134, published in Kenya Gazette Supplement No.…
Kenya has made significant progress in improving its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) regime, according to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Since February 2024, Kenya has been working…
The Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce (VACC), a virtual assets advocacy group in Kenya, has presented policy recommendations to the country’s technical working group on virtual asset regulations. The proposal…
The IMF report finds that Kenya lacks crypto-specific regulations, as existing frameworks under the CMA Act and CBK Act provide limited applicability, which led to market uncertainty and regulatory gaps.…