Regulatory Frameworks — Web3 Glossary

111 terms • Part of the Cointegrity Web3 Glossary

• ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) — The Abu Dhabi Global Market is an international financial free zone located in Abu Dhabi and...
• AI Alignment — AI alignment is the research discipline dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence systems...
• AI Executive Order 2025 — The AI Executive Order 2025 refers to comprehensive regulatory guidance issued by governments...
• AI Governance — AI governance encompasses the comprehensive frameworks, policies, institutional structures, and...
• AI Governance Board — The AI Governance Board is an advisory body established under the EU AI Act composed of...
• AI Impact Assessment — An AI Impact Assessment is a systematic and documented evaluation process required for high-risk...
• AI Incident Reporting System — An AI Incident Reporting System is a centralized, mandatory mechanism for collecting detailed...
• AI Innovation Hubs — AI Innovation Hubs are collaborative physical and digital spaces established by EU member states to...
• AI Literacy Requirements — AI Literacy Requirements refer to mandatory obligations under the EU AI Act that compel...
• AI Office (European Commission) — The AI Office is the centralized coordinating body established by the European Commission to...
• AI Regulatory Sandboxes — AI regulatory sandboxes are controlled, time-limited testing environments established by EU member...
• AI Single Market Rules — AI Single Market Rules are harmonized regulatory standards established under the EU AI Act that...
• Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act — US legislation that prohibits the Federal Reserve and other federal agencies from researching,...
• Anti-Money Laundering Act — The Anti-Money Laundering Act (AML Act) is foundational legislation that mandates financial...
• Archetyp Market — Archetyp Market was one of the largest darknet marketplaces before its takedown by Europol in June...
• ASEAN Digital Asset Framework 2025 — The ASEAN Digital Asset Framework 2025 is a regional cooperation agreement establishing common...
• Asset Forfeiture — The legal process by which a government seizes assets connected to criminal activity, either...
• Asset Sourcing — Asset sourcing is the foundational phase of tokenization where issuers identify, evaluate, and...
• Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) — Automatic Exchange of Information is a standardized international system where tax authorities...
• Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) — Automatic Exchange of Information is a standardized international system where tax authorities...
• Bank Regulation — The body of law, rules, and supervisory frameworks that govern the activities of depository...
• Biden Administration — The US presidential administration of Joe Biden from January 20, 2021 to January 20, 2025, which...
• Bitcoin Spot ETF Approval — On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved eleven spot Bitcoin...
• Bulletproof Hosting — Bulletproof hosting refers to web hosting services that are specifically marketed and operated to...
• Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) — Central Bank Digital Currencies are digital forms of fiat currency issued and backed by national...
• China AI Development and Security Law 2025 — China's AI Development and Security Law 2025 is comprehensive legislation that governs artificial...
• CLARITY Act — The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, a comprehensive US market structure bill passed by...
• Common Reporting Standard (CRS) — The Common Reporting Standard is an OECD-developed international information exchange protocol that...
• Common Reporting Standard (CRS) — The Common Reporting Standard is an OECD-developed international information exchange protocol that...
• Compliance Theatre — Compliance theatre is the practice of performing the visible indicators of security and regulatory...
• Conformity Assessment for AI — Conformity assessment for AI is the mandatory evaluation process by which providers of high-risk AI...
• Crypto Market Structure Act 2025 — The Crypto Market Structure Act 2025 is landmark U.S. legislation enacted in early 2025 that...
• Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) — The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework is an internationally coordinated tax transparency standard...
• Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) — The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework is an internationally coordinated tax transparency standard...
• Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) — A Crypto-Asset Service Provider is any entity offering services related to cryptocurrencies or...
• DAC8 (Directive on Administrative Cooperation 8) — DAC8, the eighth amendment to the EU's Directive on Administrative Cooperation, incorporates the...
• DAC8 (Directive on Administrative Cooperation 8) — DAC8, the eighth amendment to the EU's Directive on Administrative Cooperation, incorporates the...
• Darknet Market (DNM) — A darknet market is an online marketplace accessible only through specialized anonymity networks...
• Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act 2025 — The Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act 2025 is U.S. legislation that extends Bank Secrecy Act...
• Digital Asset Stockpile — The Digital Asset Stockpile is a companion program to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, establishing...
• Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act — A draft bill developed by the US Senate Agriculture Committee, released on January 21, 2026, that...
• Enterprise Blockchain — Enterprise blockchain refers to the application of blockchain technology within organizational and...
• EU AI Act — The EU AI Act is the European Union's comprehensive artificial intelligence regulatory framework...
• EU AI Office — The EU AI Office is a centralized European Union regulatory agency established to implement and...
• FATF Recommendations — The FATF Recommendations are a set of 40 international standards that form the global framework for...
• Federal Reserve CBDC Framework 2025 — The Federal Reserve CBDC Framework 2025 is a comprehensive regulatory and technical structure...
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental organization established in 1989 by the G7...
• Financial Stability Board Crypto Recommendations 2025 — The Financial Stability Board's 2025 crypto recommendations represent updated international...
• Foundation Model Regulation — Foundation model regulation under the EU AI Act establishes specific requirements for...
• G20 Crypto Regulatory Coordination Group — The G20 Crypto Regulatory Coordination Group is an international body established in 2025 to...
• Gambling Classification — Gambling classification risk emerges when regulatory authorities treat meme coin trading,...
• Garantex — Garantex is a Moscow-based cryptocurrency exchange that emerged as a primary financial...
• Gary Gensler — Gary Gensler served as Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2021 to 2025,...
• GENIUS Act — The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act, the first piece of major...
• Global Crypto Regulation Divergence — Global crypto regulation divergence refers to the wide variation in how different countries and...
• Hester Peirce — Hester Peirce is an SEC Commissioner known as "Crypto Mom" for her consistent pro-cryptocurrency...
• High-Risk AI Systems — High-risk AI systems are artificial intelligence applications classified by the EU AI Act as posing...
• Hong Kong Crypto Hub Initiative 2025 — The Hong Kong Crypto Hub Initiative 2025 is a strategic regulatory framework designed to position...
• Institutional Adoption — The process by which traditional financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge...
• Institutional Services — Specialized products, infrastructure, and support offerings built for professional investors, asset...
• Japan AI Governance Framework 2025 — The Japan AI Governance Framework 2025 is a comprehensive regulatory structure that establishes...
• Joint Crypto Enforcement Task Force — The Joint Crypto Enforcement Task Force is a coordinated U.S. federal enforcement mechanism...
• JPMorgan Chase — JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank by assets and a global financial powerhouse, underwent a...
• Lazarus Group (APT38) — The Lazarus Group, also designated as APT38 by cybersecurity researchers, is a sophisticated...
• License Passporting — License passporting is a regulatory mechanism that allows a company authorized as a Crypto-Asset...
• Market Manipulation — Deliberate actions taken to artificially influence the price or trading volume of a cryptocurrency...
• Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) — MiCA is the European Union's first comprehensive regulatory framework specifically designed to...
• Mixers and Tumblers — Mixers and tumblers are services that enhance cryptocurrency privacy by combining funds from...
• National AI Safety Institute (NIST AI) — The National AI Safety Institute, established in 2025 as part of the National Institute of...
• National Competent Authorities (NCAs) — National Competent Authorities are designated regulatory bodies established by individual EU member...
• National Competent Authorities for AI — National Competent Authorities for AI are regulatory bodies designated by each European Union...
• Nayib Bukele — Nayib Bukele is the President of El Salvador who made Bitcoin legal tender in his country on...
• Obliged Entities — Obliged entities are businesses and organizations legally required to comply with anti-money...
• Operation Choke Point 2.0 — Operation Choke Point 2.0 is a term coined by crypto advocates to describe alleged coordinated...
• Paul Atkins — Paul Atkins is a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner and prominent...
• PayFi — PayFi, short for Payment Finance, is a category of blockchain-based financial infrastructure that...
• Platform Liability — Platform liability addresses the potential legal and financial responsibility that token launch...
• Ponzi Economics — Ponzi economics describes unsustainable economic models where returns paid to early or existing...
• Privacy Regulation Compliance — Privacy regulation compliance frameworks enable blockchain and Web3 systems to operate within legal...
• Pump and Dump — A pump and dump scheme is a form of market manipulation where coordinated groups artificially...
• Real-World Testing — Real-World Testing provisions in the EU AI Act permit controlled deployment of high-risk artificial...
• Regulatory Compliance in Trading — Regulatory compliance in trading refers to cryptocurrency exchanges' and traders' adherence to...
• Regulatory Gray Areas — Regulatory gray areas encompass the ambiguous legal status of meme coin launch platforms and the...
• Regulatory Learning Mechanisms — Regulatory Learning Mechanisms are systematic processes embedded within regulatory frameworks that...
• Regulatory Overreach — A characterization, contested in its application, of regulatory action perceived by the regulated...
• Regulatory Reporting — Regulatory Reporting refers to the mandatory submission of specified data and disclosures by...
• Regulatory Risk Premium — The regulatory risk premium represents the additional return that investors demand when holding or...
• Regulatory Sandbox — A regulatory sandbox is a controlled testing environment created by financial authorities that...
• Regulatory Transition Period — A regulatory transition period is a defined grace window that permits existing cryptocurrency...
• Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider (RCASP) — A Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider is any entity that handles customer crypto assets or...
• Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider (RCASP) — A Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider is any entity that handles customer crypto assets or...
• RFIA 2025 — The Responsible Financial Innovation Act of 2025, the US Senate Banking Committee's competing...
• Ross Ulbricht Pardon — The Ross Ulbricht pardon refers to the commutation of sentence issued by US President Donald Trump...
• Ruja Ignatova (Cryptoqueen) — Ruja Ignatova is a Bulgarian-born businesswoman infamous for orchestrating OneCoin, one of...
• SAB 121 Repeal — The SAB 121 Repeal refers to the rescission of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, which had...
• Singapore Digital Asset Services Act 2025 — The Singapore Digital Asset Services Act 2025 represents an expanded regulatory framework that...
• Stablecoin Regulation — Stablecoin regulation encompasses specialized regulatory frameworks governing cryptocurrencies...
• Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is a US government initiative announced in 2025 under the Trump...
• STYX Market — STYX Market is a dark web marketplace that emerged prominently in 2023 and remained active through...
• Threat Actor — A threat actor is any individual, group, state-sponsored organization, or automated system with the...
• Tokenized Deposits — Tokenized deposits are digital tokens issued on blockchain networks that represent traditional bank...
• Traceability of Transfers Regulation (TFR) — The Traceability of Transfers Regulation (TFR), formally EU Regulation 2023/1113, is European...
• Traditional Finance — The established financial system comprising banks, asset managers, insurance companies, stock...
• Transaction Privacy — The degree to which the details of blockchain transactions—sender identity, recipient identity,...
• Travel Rule — The Travel Rule is a global anti-money laundering regulation recommended by the Financial Action...
• Trump Administration — The US presidential administration of Donald Trump beginning January 20, 2025, which represented...
• UAE Capital Markets Authority — The UAE Capital Markets Authority is a federal public authority established by Federal Decree-Law...
• UN AI Ethics and Governance Commission — The UN AI Ethics and Governance Commission is a multilateral body established in 2025 to develop...
• US Government — The federal government of the United States, which plays an outsized role in global cryptocurrency...
• VARA (Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority) — The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority is Dubai's independent regulator for virtual assets,...
• VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) — A VASP is any legal entity or natural person engaged in the transfer, exchange, custody, or...