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Ghana’s Policy Position on Virtual Assets and Service Providers

Ghana’s Policy Position on Virtual Assets and Service Providers

The Bank of Ghana (the “Bank”), the Securities and Exchange Commission(“SEC”) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (“FIC”) concur that virtual assets cannot remain outside of Ghana’s financial regulatory purview. Since the release of the Bitcoin white paper more than 15 years ago, Ghana’s virtual assets ecosystem has expanded substantially, now encompassing more than 3 million users.