#PSAV
This archive brings together coverage of Virtual Asset Service Providers across Latin America, with attention to regulation, compliance controls, and exposure to laundering, fraud, and cyberattacks. It also includes reporting on due diligence obligations, transaction monitoring, and incident response affecting exchanges, custodians, and related actors.
Brazil Central Bank tightens crypto rules
Brazil expanded its anti-fraud regime to PSAVs and clarified that preventive holds also apply to self-custody wallets
Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min
Brazil tightens crypto rules
Brazil’s central bank widened fraud controls for VASPs, imposed a 24-hour hold on some transfers, and set authorization deadlines.
Aug 16, 2026 · 3 min
Brazil Central Bank classifies PSAVs as Type 3
Brazil’s BCB 580/2026 brings virtual asset service providers into the prudential regime, with capital rules and a transition through 2028.
Jul 27, 2026 · 39 min