瓦努阿图已通过法律来规范数字资产并为加密公司提供许可制度

当地议会于3月26日通过了《虚拟资产服务提供商法》，将加密许可权授予瓦努阿图金融服务委员会（VFSC）

Vanuatu has passed laws to regulate digital assets and provide a licensing regime for crypto companies wanting to operate in the Pacific island nation, which a government regulatory consultant has called "very stringent."

瓦努阿图（Vanuatu）通过法律来规范数字资产，并为希望在太平洋岛国运营的加密公司提供许可制度，政府监管顾问称其为“非常严格”。

The local parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act on March 26, giving crypto licensing authority to the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC) along with powers to enforce the Financial Action Task Force's Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing and Travel Rule standards with crypto firms.

当地议会于3月26日通过了《虚拟资产服务提供商法》，将加密许可权授予了瓦努阿图金融服务委员会（VFSC），以及与加密货币公司一起执行金融行动工作队的反洗钱，反恐怖主义融资和旅行规则标准的权力。

The VFSC has sweeping investigation and enforcement powers under the laws, with penalties stipulating fines of up to 250 million vatu ($2 million) and up to 30 years in prison.

VFSC已根据法律进行了彻底的调查和执法权，罚款高达2.5亿VATU（200万美元）和最高30年监禁。

"God help any scammer that goes into Vanuatu because you'll go to jail," Loretta Joseph, who consulted with the regulator on the laws, told Cointelegraph. "The laws are very stringent."

“上帝帮助进入瓦努阿图的任何骗子，因为你会入狱，”洛雷塔·约瑟夫（Loretta Joseph）就法律咨询了监管机构，他告诉Cointelegraph。 “法律非常严格。”

"The thing is, we don't want another FTX debacle," she added, referring to the once Bahamas-based crypto exchange that collapsed in 2022 due to massive fraud committed by its co-founders, Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, along with other executives.

她补充说：“问题是，我们不希望另一场FTX崩溃。”他指的是，由于其联合创始人Sam Bankman-Fried和Gary Wang以及其他高管人员以及其他高管人员犯下了巨大的欺诈，该曾经在2022年倒塌了。

"Vanuatu is a small jurisdiction. Small jurisdictions are preyed on by the players that are looking for no regulation or light touch regulation. This is certainly not that."

“瓦努阿图是一个小司法管辖区。小管辖区是由不寻求监管或轻触摸法规的玩家捕食的。这当然不是那样。”

"I'm so proud of them to be the first country in the Pacific to actually take a position and do this."

“我为他们成为太平洋第一个真正地立场并做到这一点的国家而感到自豪。”

New Vanuatu law regulates slate of crypto companies

新的瓦努阿图法律规定了加密货币公司

The law establishes a licensing and reporting framework for exchanges, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, crypto custody providers and initial coin offerings.

该法律为交易所，不可杀菌令牌（NFT）市场，加密货币保管提供商和初始硬币提供的法律建立了许可和报告框架。

The law notably allows for banks to be licensed to provide crypto exchange and custody services.

该法律特别允许银行获得许可以提供加密交易所和监护服务。

The VFSC said that the legislation doesn't affect stablecoins, tokenized securities, and central bank digital currencies even though they "may in practice share some similarities with virtual assets."

VFSC表示，该立法不会影响稳定的证券和中央银行数字货币，即使他们“实际上可能与虚拟资产具有一些相似之处”。

The legislation also allows for the VFSC's commissioner to create a sandbox to allow approved companies to offer a variety of crypto services for a year, which can be renewed.

该立法还允许VFSC的专员创建一个沙箱，以允许批准的公司提供一年的各种加密服务，这可以续签。

Joseph said Vanuatu "needed a standalone piece of legislation" that covered Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing requirements, as the country didn't have existing laws suited to virtual assets.

约瑟夫说，瓦努阿图“需要一项独立的立法”，涵盖了反洗钱和反恐融资要求，因为该国没有适合虚拟资产的法律。

The regulator said in a March 29 statement that it had developed the legislative framework after years of "assessing the risks associated with virtual assets," and the laws would open "numerous opportunities for Vanuatu" and improve financial inclusion by allowing regulated services for crypto cross-border payments.

监管机构在3月29日的声明中说，它已经在“评估与虚拟资产相关的风险”之后开发了立法框架，法律将为“瓦努阿图的众多机会”开放，并通过允许对加密货币跨境支付的监管服务来改善金融包容性。

VFSC Commissioner Branan Karae had said in June that the bill was expected to pass that September, but Joseph said the legislation was "not something that was done lightly." It had been in development since 2020 and was delayed due to changes in government, natural disasters and COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions.

VFSC专员布兰南·卡拉（Branan Karae）在6月表示，该法案预计将于9月通过，但约瑟夫说，这项立法“不是轻易完成的事情”。自2020年以来，它一直在发展，由于政府，自然灾害和199大流行有关的破坏而被推迟。